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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Anyone who has even a mild interest in spaceflight should buy and read "The Infinite Journey". The book was wonderfully put together and the pictures alone make it worth buying. The text comprises of the people who made the missions work and some of the anecdotes are priceless. The foreword by Walter Cronkite is wonderfully written by the journalist who did more to sell the space program in the 1960s than anyone else. The essays at the end of the book are also worth reading. My only complaint is that there was no bibliography so you could find out more information on the different projects mentioned but it is a book that I will treasure for many years.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: Anyone who has even a mild interest in spaceflight should buy and read "The Infinite Journey". The book was wonderfully put together and the pictures alone make it worth buying. The text comprises of the people who made the missions work and some of the anecdotes are priceless. The foreword by Walter Cronkite is wonderfully written by the journalist who did more to sell the space program in the 1960s than anyone else. The essays at the end of the book are also worth reading. My only complaint is that there was no bibliography so you could find out more information on the different projects mentioned but it is a book that I will treasure for many years.
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Summary: An Infinitely Excellent Chronicle
Review: I own a substantial number of books on space. This is one of my more beautiful and insightful editions. The combination of historical text, personal stories, and really well-reproduced imagery does justice to the space program and its participants. I recommend this highly as a book for both those who know the ins and outs of space exploration, but also for the younger set who can learn a lot. It's simple and elegant, but also is also valuable in that it's an accurate and useful reference.
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Summary: a missed opportunity
Review: The concept for this book is good. Unfortunately it misses in achieving that concept.The reproduction of photographs is very well done, though more attention could have been paid to selection. A number are the same ones seen so frequently. The captions for some are incorrect or insufficiently informative. The comments by persons involved in the various projects are a definite plus. The introductions to these by Burrows and parenthetical comments, however, frequently detract from these. The narration by Burrows introducing each project or mission contains numerous factual errors or misrepresentations which seriously detract from what would otherwise be an excellent book.
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Summary: a missed opportunity
Review: The concept for this book is good. Unfortunately it misses in achieving that concept. The reproduction of photographs is very well done, though more attention could have been paid to selection. A number are the same ones seen so frequently. The captions for some are incorrect or insufficiently informative. The comments by persons involved in the various projects are a definite plus. The introductions to these by Burrows and parenthetical comments, however, frequently detract from these. The narration by Burrows introducing each project or mission contains numerous factual errors or misrepresentations which seriously detract from what would otherwise be an excellent book.
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