April 23, 2019 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
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.
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"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
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
Robert,
I think that the difference between the reporting of SpaceX’s problem with its launch escape system and Boeing’s problem is that SpaceX’s problem resulted in a spectacular plume of smoke that was noticed by many people. Curiosity and concern naturally followed, and people wanted to know what had happened. Boeing’s problem went unnoticed and unknown until it was announced in a more proper and controlled way.
Edward: Yeah, that makes sense. At the same time, there is always a heightened interest in whatever SpaceX does, since it has such a spectacular track record. Boeing not so much, which means their won’t be as much interest.
SpaceX does not seem to be afraid to let everyone know that rocket science is hard. They make their spectacular failures public as a matter of policy, or even entertainment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ (2 minutes: SpaceX failure compilation)
They seem to enjoy the interest that was generated in their company.