2 August 2006

Lost Moon, the story of Apollo 13



Today I finished reading LOST MOON, The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Klufer in 1994. It is about the nearly disastrous fifth mission to the moon in NASA's Apollo series. I enjoyed the book a great deal, remembering being a 13 year old and listening to the unfolding drama on the radio at my grandfather's house. We must have been on holiday in Durban at the time, in April 1970, and fascinated with space like most young boys, those four days reported on radio made for fascinating and nerve-gripping drama.

The drama was made into the move Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard, and starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, and EdHarris

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