gillianalice 's review for:

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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This was really interesting! It grabbed me immediately with the "the moon has a smell" factoid. I've never lived in a world where humans haven't landed on the moon, so reading this really helped me to understand all the things that led to the moon landing. There was so much more than I really considered! But it also put a bit of a tarnish on things. I've always put the moon landing and the circumstances surrounding it on a bit of a pedestal. Here was a time where people came together to care about science and discovery for the sake of science and discovery. Now I realize that it was never about the science, but was all about beating Russia. Sadly, that makes a lot more sense. 

All in all, this was well written and well narrated, and I'm really glad I read it!