Shoot For The Moon: The Space Race And The Voyage Of Apollo 11
Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2019 2:06 pm
Looks like a good read.
Secret feuds and heartbreak at the centre of the historic first landing on the moon
Secret feuds and heartbreak at the centre of the historic first landing on the moon
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/s ... c-14139819More surprisingly, in all of their preparations, NASA chiefs had not foreseen the importance that would be attached to the honour of being the first man to set foot on the Moon on July 21, 1969, or the interest that might be generated by his first words.
Buzz Aldrin certainly had, reports The Express.
He desperately wanted it to be him and both he and his well-connected father, Edwin Aldrin Snr, lobbied behind the scenes in an attempt to make sure he took those first unforgettable steps and uttered those immortal words.
"Buzz Aldrin was brilliant but troubled," says Donovan.
"Fellow astronauts and their wives were terrified at the prospect of sitting next to him at dinner, since he would expound on orbital mechanics for hours at a time."