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One False Step Kindle Edition

by Richard Tongue (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Could the Soviets have beaten the Americans to the Moon? Could NASA have launched a manned mission to the planet Venus, and explored the far side of the moon? 'One False Step' is a history of spaceflights that never happened, from the lost Apollo 18 to the saga of the Lunar Gemini - and the US Army's plan to build a missile base on the moon. Read about the glorious adventures that might have been...and very nearly were!
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    December 24, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00RG223Y6
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 24, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 366 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
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Richard Tongue

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Richard Tongue is the author of numerous acclaimed works of science-fiction, including the 'Battlecruiser Alamo' series, a twenty-eight novel saga that represents one of the grandest military science-fiction universes ever published, and is currently working on the 'Colonial War' novel series.

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Customers find the book well researched and informative, with one customer noting it includes a good bibliography for further study.

"...It is a very enjoyable read. Well researched, and informative as well as imaginative and entertaining." Read more

"...introduction to what might have been and does provide a good bibliography for further study by those who are interested in it." Read more

"...This is not Sci Fi, this is a book based on facts that would have been had the manned space program not veered from original plans set forth...." Read more

"An interesting summary of several US and Soviet Cold-War space projects that were studied but never materialized: Soviet manned Moon missions, a US..." Read more

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"...It is a very enjoyable read. Well researched, and informative as well as imaginative and entertaining." Read more

"Very good reading, make one wonder why NASA was scare to venture out and grow caution and explore space, the moon along with an orbital space station..." Read more

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  • TheRRDon
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very nice collection of vignettes celebrating *Earth's* Space Program an where ...
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2016
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    This is a very nice collection of vignettes celebrating *Earth's* Space Program an where we might be today or in a few years if things had happened just a little differently. It is a very enjoyable read. Well researched, and informative as well as imaginative and entertaining.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars Space exploration
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2018
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    Very good reading, make one wonder why NASA was scare to venture out and grow caution and explore space, the moon along with an orbital space station. The just shot them self in the foot.
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  • Michael K. Robel
    3.0 out of 5 stars Seemed to promise more than it delivered
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015
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    The book was relatively interesting; but from the author's other books, I thought it was going to be fiction. Devoting a chapter solely to the Venus mission was a little disappointing; a Mars mission was much more likely and was indicative of a long held fascination with Mars and likely would have held the possibility of a better science return.

    It does present a reasonable less expensive counterpart to David Shaylor's Apollo: THe lost and Forgotten Missions.

    This book serves as a good introduction to what might have been and does provide a good bibliography for further study by those who are interested in it.
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  • Dennis Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Quick Review
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2016
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    Found the book interesting with the history of mission and what could have been. Anyone with a interest on this matter should read it.
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  • Carl Grimes
    4.0 out of 5 stars Richard Tongue does a great job presenting "what if" scenarios based on facts presented ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2015
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    I am huge fan of the manned space program and found this book to be informative and very well researched. Richard Tongue does a great job presenting "what if" scenarios based on facts presented from early plans of the manned space program. This is not Sci Fi, this is a book based on facts that would have been had the manned space program not veered from original plans set forth. I highly recommend it.
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  • Anders Blixt
    4.0 out of 5 stars Unrealized Cold-War space voyages
    Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2017
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    An interesting summary of several US and Soviet Cold-War space projects that were studied but never materialized: Soviet manned Moon missions, a US manned Venus flyby, etc. I enjoyed the book, though it was a bit too short to my liking. Also there was too much speculation on what astronauts would have been selected for the three cancelled Apollo Moon missions; after all I am more into the tech angles than Deke Slayton's office politics.
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  • RJO
    5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and thought provoking.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015
    Great book. Excellent concise summary of the events and decisions which created the spaceflight history that we know. Equally interesting speculation about how it all might have unfolded differently.
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  • Bradley R Ruzicka
    4.0 out of 5 stars I thought the book did a good job of exploring some of the possibilities for manned ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2015
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    I thought the book did a good job of exploring some of the possibilities for manned space exploration in the immediate post Apollo era.
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