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Leonard David

Moon Rush: The New Space Race Hardcover – May 7, 2019

by Leonard David (Author)

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Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central to our explorations of Earth's only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.

In these rich pages, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future "Moon Village" plans. Illustrating his text with maps, graphics, and photographs, David offers inside information about how the United States, allies and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come.

Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE--$20 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home--the 21st-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever. Accounts of these new strategies are set against past efforts, including stories never before told about the Apollo missions and Cold War plans for military surveillance and missile launches from the moon. Timely and fascinating, this book sheds new light on our constant lunar companion, offering reasons to gaze up and see it in a different way than ever before.

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“Leonard David, author of Moon Rush: The New Space Race, sees the Apollo astronauts’ scientific work as unfinished, but critical to understanding not only the moon’s origins, but also that of our own planet and potential Earth-like exoplanets.” –History.com

“There’s a whole lot of buzz about such possibilities, but David is the first to offer a cohesive vision of what scientists, industry, and the world’s space-faring governments have in mind.” –Wired

"My new book for National Geographic – Moon Rush: The New Space Race – will be launched next May, a volume that explores the Moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future “Moon Village” plans; inside information about how the United States, allies and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the Moon in the decades to come." –Leonarddavid.com/starstruck

"Award-winning space journalist Leonard David covers lunar science as well as the other motivations to go to the moon...In addition to a foreword by Buzz Aldrin, there’s an afterword by Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt, the last person alive to set foot on the moon." –Geekwire

“There’s a growing commercial and international interest in robotic and human missions to the Moon, stimulated by tried-and-true national prestige or more uncertain business prospects. That’s nicely summarized in Moon Rush, the latest book by veteran space journalist Leonard David…But unlike so many other books this year that look backward to Apollo 11 and the early Space Age, most of Moon Rush primarily looks ahead to the future of lunar exploration.” –The Space Review

About the Author

LEONARD DAVID has been reporting on space science and exploration for more than 50 years. His writing has appeared in the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Private Air, Sky and Telescope, Astronomy, and Aerospace America. David has been a consultant to NASA, other government agencies, and the aerospace industry and currently serves as SPACE.com's Space Insider columnist. He is the author of Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet and co-author of Buzz Aldrin's Mission to Mars.

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224 pages
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English
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National Geographic
Publication date

May 7, 2019
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6.25 x 0.88 x 9.28 inches
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1426220057
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978-1426220050
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Robert G Yokoyama

Moon Rush is an insightful book about a fascinating subject.

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019

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Moon Rush is a book that opens my eyes to the immense potential of the moon. The moon's soil has a element called Helium 3. This can be a source of nuclear power, and this means that a settlement can be established on the moon. Every piece of information fascinates me in this book. I am curious to learn how water can be extracted from the moon. I am also curious about hydrogen and oxygen can be extracted from water to create rocket fuel. I am equally curious to learn how uranium and thorium can be extracted, and what they are used for. I think both of these things can be made into alternative sources of energy. All of this information makes me want to learn more about the moon and do my own research. I learned how valuable moon rocks are. Leonard David points that simple moon rocks are worth up to almost one million dollars.

A gateway space station is being developed that will enable human beings to live and work on the moon for up to 90 days at a time. A moon elevator is also in the works. It starts on the surface of the moon and goes into space. This invention would make moon experiments easier and quicker to do. It would also be fascinating to drink a glass of water that came out of the moon. It would probably be purer like any water on earth. These are amazing innovations, and I love Leonard David's optimism. But, I also appreciate the information he shares about the negative aspects of the moon. Lunar dust is toxic to the lungs is all around the moon's surface. Radiation from solar flares can be equally deadly to people. I learned so much about the moon because of this book.

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DSA

Tasted good but stirred the pot too often and missed adding spicy ingredients to liven it up.

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021

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I purchased this along with Mars: Our Future On The Red Planet, which I am reading now. Moon Rush was a quick read for me, which is both good and bad. It contains a lot of information on the history of both human and robotic missions to our satellite. And a great deal of that was new for me.

However, it felt at times as though the author was rehashing things that he had just talked about in the previous page or section. Maybe the intent was to drive home a point, but it sometimes felt like it didn’t need to be stirred anymore… Kinda like in the movie The Dark Knight, how it could have ended several times but the director just wouldn’t let it go. Batman good (sort of), Joker bad… Finish him off already.

But getting back to Moon Rush. I did enjoy it a great deal. But instead of regurgitating what was just written I would have been better informed to learn more about the government and private sector efforts to return to the Moon and stay this time.

Though it did leave me with the distinct impression that there are too many entities trying to go it alone, which will only serve to create disorder and disharmony on the surface and in orbit around the Moon. If I learned anything from the book it’s that we must all work together to create a unified plan to return to the Moon and then push on to Mars. That there needs to be an International Space Alliance, instead of the growing number of worldwide government space agencies, as well as the multiplying number of private sector companies. We will succeed best, at the lowest cost, in the safest and most efficient manner if we choose to explore and populate outer space together. The International Space Station should be our model, but refined to encourage all national space agencies to create a seat at the table. NASA, the ESA, CNSA, Roscosmos, JAXA, the Canadian and Indian agencies, etc. Unite together and we’ll have a new, larger ISS, a Gateway Station, a Lunar colony, and be well on our way to building the spacecraft in Lunar orbit that will take humanity on to Mars. And perhaps along the way we will have the inspiration and willpower to solve a few of the many issues our planet and species have allowed to gestate unchecked.

In closing let me add that I would have liked to see a chapter on developments that are unfolding, maybe still in the “dream it up” stages, or even moving off the drawing board, for finally getting past our 6 decade long (and counting) reliance on chemical rockets for all the heavy lifting to orbit and on to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Where are the space reactors, plasma and ion engines, the rotating taurus to create artificial gravity, etc.? If Hollywood can rein in their daydreams to give us a plausible ship like the Hermes from The Martian, why aren’t governments and corporations funding the bold research that will surely cut months off a trip to Mars and protect the crews from radiation and zero G maladies?

We need bold thinking to create a realistic community on Mars and beyond.

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Jmcenanly

A comprehensive guide, for now

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2019

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This book details the history, and probable future of Lunar exploration and development. It is meant for the interested amateur, covering a moderately broad expanse of the subject.

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William H. Tappan

LESS THAN EXPECTED

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019

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I was looking for more of o book featuring how astronauts will actually live on the Moon and Mars; food production, health care, water supply, etc. This wasn't it.

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Naman Shah

We have received the said title in Damaged Condition.

Reviewed in India on March 22, 2022

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paulo

falta um pouco de ciência

Reviewed in Brazil on September 17, 2020

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Achei o livro um pouco superficial por não tratar com mais detalhes da parte científica dos projetos lunares (
como faz Robert Zubrin).

Também não me agradou esse discurso de que os USA precisa retornar a Lua para manter seu “Poder Geopolítico”, ou seja, parece que autor se preocupa mais com o poder dos USA do que nos benefícios para a humanidade que adviriam do retorno a Lua.

O autor deixa transparecer seu apoio a Trump...

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James O'Hare

Historical review/little in-depth material

Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2019

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I thought the title of this book was a bit misleading. It covers the entire history of moon exploration. Recent projects, particularly the various private ventures, are discussed only towards the end. Because the scope is so broad there is space for only a superficial description of each mission. It also conveys little sense of the drama that accompanied the manned missions.

The work also includes some other material related to the moon, e.g. theories on its formation. I was a bit surprised to learn the the conventional impact theory has some problems and is not quite so widely accepted as I had thought.

This book is OK for a quick survey of lunar exploration. But anyone expecting an in-depth coverage of the topic will be disappointed.

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