smarmy book review: "The men who fell to Earth "
- From: "Jim Oberg" <jameseoberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:28:34 GMT
see http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,6121,1468768,00.html
Biography
The men who fell to Earth
Nine astronauts who walked on the Moon are still alive, but their clouds of
glory have gone dark. Andrew Smith tracks them down in Moondust
Robin McKie
Sunday April 24, 2005
The Observer
Moondust
by Andrew Smith
Bloomsbury 308pp, £17.99
In a moment of unusual frankness, Neil Armstrong once recalled standing on
the Moon and noticing he could blot out the Earth with his thumb. Did that
make him feel really big, he was asked? 'No,' the great astronaut replied.
'It made me feel really, really small.'
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