Adapting to a new world -- Pinpoint landing, great science, and a lot of fun -- A damned hard walk followed by a little golf -- The lunar dune buggy -- Drilling troubles -- The Descartes Highlands -- high land but no volcanoes -- The volcanoes of Taurus-Littrow -- explosive Volcanism on the Moon -- Boulder rolling -- the last Apollo EVA -- Lessons from Apollo for future operations on the Moon -- Afterword -- The spirit of exploration
Summary
"As we plan our return to the Moon - this time to stay - and as we consider the journey to Mars, it is vitally important to revisit the lessons of the past. This fast-moving and illustrated book does just that. It captures the excitement, spirit, and frustration of the Apollo crews as they explored this new frontier, carried out unique scientific experiments and became the first lunar field geologists."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-480) and index
