The first space shuttle launch, April 12, 1981
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
hello robert. i trust your journey was safe. i too witnessed a rocket launch from roughly 10 miles out but that was back in 1973. what a roar! yes it was one of the Apollo moon rockets and at the moment my memory escapes me as to which mission it was. a space nut you see. but what a sight to behold. i remember that at the time some of the excitement had died down as if flights to the moon were routine, and of sort these last few launches of the vehicle called shuttle. on TV it doesnt look very spectacular but up close it exudes a display of tremendous power and glory that only a liquid fueled rocket can achieve. I wonder what i will see next. i enjoy your website and at least agree with your views most of the time. be safe and have fun, wade