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A revised and updated edition of the classic work to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing

'It left me spellbound ... belongs to the same tradition as Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff ' Sunday Times
'Fascinating. A wonderful book' David Bowie
Spellbinding ... A wonderful collective biography written with deftness, compassion and humour' Observer
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The Apollo Moon Programme has been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. In Moondust , Andrew Smith set out to find and interview the nine remaining…mehr

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A revised and updated edition of the classic work to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing

'It left me spellbound ... belongs to the same tradition as Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff' Sunday Times
'Fascinating. A wonderful book' David Bowie
Spellbinding ... A wonderful collective biography written with deftness, compassion and humour' Observer
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The Apollo Moon Programme has been called the last optimistic act of the twentieth century. In Moondust, Andrew Smith set out to find and interview the nine remaining Moonwalkers in order to learn how their lives, and ours, were irrevocably changed by this surreal expedition.

On the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing, Smith's powerful and gripping account of the most courageous adventure of the last century is re-released with a new chapter, detailing his fascinating interactions with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Edgar Mitchell and Alan Bean in the years since publication.

With thought-provoking meditations on the dramatic recent upswing in cosmic exploration, including astonishing encounters with the would-be astronaut-settlers of the Mars One project and the scientists leading the search for life in our solar system, this is an indispensable update to the definitive classic.
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'Fascinating and disturbing. We know what happened inside the Apollo spacecraft, but what went on inside the astronauts' minds? Did any of them really recover from their strange journey? Extremely thought-provoking' J.G. Ballard

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Andrew T. Smith, now a Professor Emeritus, served on the faculty of the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University for 39 years. He was chosen as Professor of the Year by the Parent's Association in 2006 and awarded the rank of President's Professor in 2010. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awarded Smith the Zebulon Pearce Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.Smith is a conservation biologist whose work includes the behavioral ecology of mammals, effects of habitat fragmentation, and ecosystem services provided by small mammals. He primarily works in the mountains of western United States and on the Tibetan plateau. His research focuses on the pika, a small relative of rabbits. He is an avowed field biologist who is proud to have not conducted any lab bench work in his long career.Smith is involved in global conservation issues and served as Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Lagomorph Specialist Group from 1991 - 2021. He has also advised the Chinese government on issues concerning biodiversity (Biodiversity Working Group of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development). The American Society of Mammalogists chose Smith as recipient of its 2015 Aldo Leopold Conservation Award. In addition to publishing ~130 papers, his A Guide to the Mammals of China (Princeton University Press; 2008) was the first comprehensive treatment of the 556 mammal species found in China (also available in Chinese - Hunan Education Publishing House: Changsha, Hunan, China; 2009). Smith has also produced Mammals of China (Princeton University Press Pocket Guide; 2013) and Lagomorphs: Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World (Johns Hopkins University Press; 2013). He teamed with his wife, Harriet, to write The Astonishing, Astounding, Amazing Sonoran Desert (Dockside Sailing Press; 2019, Second Edition - Publish Authority, 2021)