Here are 160 pages of info-porn for those who really like to snout up the detail. Haynes, better known for its car workshop manuals, has used a similar treatment to look at the evolution and design of the Apollo system including the Saturn V, Command and Service Modules, and the Lunar Module. The manual describes the space suits, life support systems, and how the mission was flown, from launch to Moon and back.
It’s written by Dr Christopher Riley and Phil Dolling. Riley has won the Sir Arthur C Clarke award for the BBC TV series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets. His film In the Shadow of the Moon won the World Cinema Audience Award in 2007.
Now the excitement of the Apollo 11 40th anniversary is dying away, the book is on offer in stores and online. Amazon has a good deal, including free delivery, here.
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