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Posted March 30, 2006
Apollo 13 is a great book. If you have seen the movie, you will love the book. It has a lot more detail than the movie and gives more information about Lovell's life before Apollo 13. I will read it again for sure! This is a great book for anyone who loves space, NASA, or suspense.
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Posted June 7, 2012
This is a quick and technical read of the courage and brilliance of all involved with Apollo 13 from the crew to various manufactures and the NASA team. Although I have seen the movie many times, I wanted to read the account for a deeper experience of this classic success story that unfolded in spite of technical problems and equipment failure. I was not disappointed. My next viewing of the film will be enhanced because of the further insights I have as a result of the read. Thanks to Jim Lovell & his great crew for demonstrating the excellence of the United States of America. We are outstanding & our achievements should be celebrated.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I loved the movie Apollo 13, but after a visit to the Kennedy Space Center last summer, I decided to read this book. Right from the start, the book pulled me in. From discussions about poison pills to the physics behind bringing a ship around the moon and home was amazing. As a public relations professional, I was equally drawn to how NASA worked with the media and the transparency they provide in their agency, even during this "Successful Failure." As I read the book, I developed a deeper understanding of the many people who participated in bringing the crew home, and the three astronauts who's lives were in peril. This would be an excellent book club book as there are so many points for lengthy discussions brought out through its pages. I would recommend this book to anyone in a heartbeat!
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Posted February 21, 2008
I highly reccomend that you read the book Apollo 13. It is a little confusing in some points, but it is very exciting. I have also seen the movie, and I reccomend that too.
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Posted June 15, 2005
I loved the movie Apollo 13. It was a great movie.I never read the book of it, but I am sure it's just as good. Apollo 13 was such a interesting movie.The whole story of Apollo 13 is so great thats way I give it 5 stars. And the thing about it is that it really happened. None of it was made up.Imagine how the astronots felt on that mission. They were so happy to final get to walk on the moon. To other people at that time walking on the moon was not exiceting anymore,Cause we had already walked on the moon.Four other astronots already walked on the moon and to most people going back was not that great. But to the astronots on the mission Apollo 13 it was a dream come true.But they never got to walk on the moon cause of the expolosion that happened. The astronots on that mission were not sure if they could make back home alive. But they did.And still today not many people care about the moon or space or science. Instead they are to busy worrieing about the latest trends or actors and singers, or whats on TV. People these days don't know, and will never know, how hard it is to be an astronot, and fly in space. And how hard it was for the astronots on Apollo 13 to do evertihg they did. And those things like learning about space and science are alot more important then knowing what movies are playing and what new songs are out.I think more people should be into space and science. And for people that already are, I think that the movie and book of Apollo 13 are great to watch or read.
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Posted December 2, 2004
The film Apollo 13 i found was not a very exciting film and did not really interest me at all! The film was about showing the vewiers that going to space i possible. If i had to recommend this film to people who would be interested would be people that are older or people into science.
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Posted June 12, 2001
Is Apollo 13 all it¡¯s blasted off to be? The book Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger would be rated a 3 out of a 5. The reasons why it is only rated a 3 is because it can be very confusing. The topics that the authors went into are very long and drawn out, also boring. But the book is very exciting and is very real. It makes a great book for anyone who is interested in space and NASA.
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