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Summary: Read "The Last Man on the Moon"
Review: Fun book. It is not full of technical jargon. He surprised me by wrapping up the book within ten pages of descriping his moon walk.Eugene Cernan endorses the fact he traveled to the moon with a scientist instead of an Air Force pilot. Nice touch. Folks interested in the Moon effort should read this book!
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Summary: The man himself
Review: Well I know this book is a great book without even reading it. Though I met the man himself at school and I watch every space movie, read every space book, listen to the space news like the Mars Polar Lander and its unfortunate unsuccesses. I hope everyone will benefit from my review. Oh, he is a wonderful man might I add!
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Summary: Best space book ever!
Review: I have read many books about the space program, and I would rate this one highest. Eugene Cernan focuses on the human aspects rather than the technical aspects of the race for the moon, and it makes for fascinating reading. This terrific book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in space, aviation, history or biography. If you are going to read a book about the history of space flight, in this 30th anniversary year of the first man on the moon, be sure to read this account by the last man on the moon.
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Summary: Ego Maniac
Review: Could this guy have any more of an ego. If he could see past his own vainity he would be a much better storyteller.
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Summary: Superb! A must read for any aspiring young person!
Review: I've read the other reviews and found almost everyone felt the same as I about this great book. For one who is still involved in space activities, this book inspired me to keep my focus. Gene's attempt to place reader at a a very personal level was the best I've ever experienced. The personal touch helped convey a message to me that I'm not sure even Gene knew he was accomplishing. I've read many inspirational books, but none from such a straight forward gutsy fashion. This was real, it happened, he was part of it and it was hard; damned hard. The transgressions, anger, pressure, fears, and all the other emotions are part of this business and Gene puts it in a way that really communicates. I liked every morsel of this book, it is a study in and of itself. This is a book about LEADERSHIP that everyone can read, enjoy and learn from.
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Summary: A great book outlining the space race!
Review: I was happy to see Cernan's book appear. I read it straight through, and found it entertaining, thought provoking, and very well written. A great book for those who want to learn about an astronaut perspective from the selection process to moonwalk. Cernan writes about the Gemini and Apollo programs with a clear recollection of the events of this special time. Confidence is the name of the game in space, and after reading Cernan's account of his Gemini spacewalk, hats off to him!
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Summary: A down to Earth journey through one of Humankind's adventure
Review: Being born in the last two years of the Apollo Program, I was unable to comprehend the emotions and science facts that took a few of us to our companion, the Moon. I remember years later watching specials on a black and white TV about the Gemini and Apollo missions, and also assembling little plastic models of the Lunar Module that came with Twinkies ! This book is a must read for everybody, not just to understand what happend in the late 60's and early 70's, but to support and encourage future missions into space. Thanks Gene, for I now look at the Moon once again.
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Summary: AN ABSOLUTELY FIRST-RATE ACCOUNT OF AN ASTRONAUT'S LIFE
Review: I cannot praise this book highly enough! It is both a tremendously exciting real-life adventure story and an often poignant account of the effects of long months and years of astronaut life on a marriage. Eugene Cernan is best known as the commander of Apollo 17, and the last man to leave footprints on the surface of the Moon, but he flew on two earlier missions, Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, and was in the back-up crews of Gemini 12 and Apollo 14. His highly readable account took me back to my school-days when Apollo astronauts were walking on the Moon, but I have very few memories of Gemini and was fascinated by his description of life in a tiny two-man capsule with hardly enough room to stretch the legs. If you don't suffer from claustrophobia, Cernan's "spacewalk from Hell" will probably give it to you! I thought I already knew most of what there is to know about the U.S. space programme in the 1960's and 70's, but this book told me things that had never occurred to me. I knew, for instance, that Cernan had been on the back-up crew for Gemini 9 and the prime crew for Gemini 12, but had actually flown Gemini 9 because the original crew had died in an air-crash. This gave Buzz Aldrin the opportunity to fly on Gemini 12, without which he would not have gone to the Moon on Apollo 11. Even more intriguing was the determination shown by Cernan to command his own lunar mission, having been lunar module pilot on Apollo 10. He actually turned down the chance to walk on the Moon as Apollo 16 LM pilot, preferring to gamble on getting command of the next mission. It is all too clear from his account of events in 1971 that it was a gamble which nearly didn't pay off. With only one more Apollo crew to be allocated, NASA's chief concern was to send geologist Harrison Schmitt to the Moon. The choice of commander was less critical. Of course he did get selected, but almost blew it when he injured a leg a few months before the mission. Reading the book, I was slightly surprised how little space was given to Apollo 17, but I need not have worried. Cernan avoids making it a blow-by blow account of scientific experiments and rock gathering. This is a tremendously evocative description of a pilot who achieved his ultimate goal in flying and found himself exploring a new world. His sense of pride on saluting the U.S. flag and sense of accomplishment as he returned to Earth make this an exhilarating read. I recommend "The Last Man on the Moon" to anyone with a sense of wonder who wants to know more about the great adventure of Apollo.
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Summary: An excellent read that comes across as truly authentic.
Review: I know the author personally and have flown right seat with him in his Cessna 421. Reading this book is like standing on the ramp at our local airport talking to him. (He visits about once a year.) Gene is all-american and down to earth (no pun intended). You feel like you've known him all your life either in talking to him in person or by reading his book. It took less than 3 days because it reads so fluidly. My wife Barb read it in it's entirety and felt the same. I recommend this book wholeheartedly to anyone young, old or in between because you are getting a superb insight into the real world of our astronauts.
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Summary: "The Wrong Stuff"
Review: An ego centric, poorly written book which is saved by one of the most thrilling adventures of all times. "The Wrong Stuff" could have been a subtitle, as it doesn't come close to Tom Wolfe's style on the same subject.
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