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Originally Posted by troutman
My first son is named after him. I recommend A Man On The Moon, by Andrew Chaikin.
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Second that recommendation. It is "the" book for anybody interested in immersing themselves in one of if not the most exciting and incredible eras of mankind.
Chaikin has really done his homework and his writing style is sublime. There's a sequence in the book where he, using the actual radio transcripts, describes Buzz and Neil skimming the surface of the moon on manual control, fuel running out and alarms going off, searching for a suitable landing site. Unbelievable! Blew my mind!
There's also a film called For All Mankind by Al Reinert which is a must see. He sifted through hundreds of hours of NASA Footage of the Apollo missions, took the best, enhanced it, coupled it to an amazing soundtrack by Brian Eno and made the best documentary I have ever seen.