The Moon Landings by Reginald Turnhill, Cambridge University Press, £19.95, ISBN 0521815959 Reviewed by Hazel Muir
“Exploring what is going on in space must be much less fun nowadays when, if you want to find out what the Russians are doing, you just ask them!” begins Reg Turnhill, a veteran space correspondent for the BBC. In The Moon Landings, he recalls with great nostalgia the excitement and intrigue of reporting on the Apollo programme at the height of the cold war. His candid and crystal-clear account does an excellent job of cutting through the political spin.
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