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The Light of Earth
2021
Overview
Apollo 15 command module pilot Al Worden was one of the
highest-profile personalities among the Apollo astronauts, renowned
for his outspokenness and potent views but also recognized as a
warm and well-liked person who devoted much of his life after
retiring from NASA to sharing his spaceflight experiences. Worden
had nearly finished writing this book before his passing in 2020 at
the age of eighty-eight. Coauthored with spaceflight historian
Francis French, The Light of Earth is Worden's
wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in
which he was privileged to be a leading participant. Here Worden
gives readers his refreshingly candid opinions on the space
program, flying to the moon, and the people involved in the Apollo
and later shuttle programs, as well as sharing hard-hitting
reflections on the space shuttle program, the agonies and
extraordinary sights and delights of being a NASA Apollo astronaut,
and the space program's triumphs and failures. Worden delves into
areas of personal grief that reveal the noble and truly human side
of the space program's earliest years. He does not hold back when
discussing the shocking deaths of his fellow astronauts in the
three major tragedies that struck the space agency, nor does he shy
away from sharing his personal feelings about fellow Apollo
astronauts including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Worden was
known as a charismatic speaker and one of the most thoughtful
Apollo astronauts. His candid, entertaining, and unique perspective
in The Light of Earth will captivate and surprise.
Publisher
Nebraska,University of Nebraska Press
Subject
ISBN
1496228650, 9781496228659
