Moon Rush

The New Space Race

By: Leonard David, Cassandra de Cuir - producer

Narrated by: Dan Woren

A veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology - past, present, and future - central to our explorations of Earth's only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.

In this rich audiobook, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future "Moon Village" plans. David offers inside information about how the United States, allies, and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come.

Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE - $30 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home - the 21st-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever. Accounts of these new strategies are set against past efforts, including stories never before told about the Apollo missions and Cold War plans for military surveillance and missile launches from the moon. Timely and fascinating, this book sheds new light on our constant lunar companion, offering reasons to gaze up and see it in a different way than ever before.

©2019 Leonard David (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great overview written in 2019

But so much has changed just in the last year and a half that it could lose relevance quickly. great for historical reference. Debatable on if it's predictions will come true. if you like SpaceX over Blue Origin you might chafe at these predictions.

Slow burn

If you love the moon and space history you will love this book but it does start rough. Get through the first chapter and it will start moving along smoothly. That and some of the readers pronunciations are the only reason I didn’t give it a full 5 stars

A little thin

Details were given but it was a little thin in places. Commentary comes from a place that’s a little dated too. Opening chapters included guidelines for a new global space capital in Houston, including all countries “even China.” Yes, that’s what global means.

Quick facts and history review on Moon exploration

If you are new to the space industry or would like to launch your start up with services for the Moon, then it’s a good book to get an idea of how the industry has been working until now, and what you could add. It’s a little thin if you are looking to go deep into the Moon exploration industry.

History of Moon Race, not much new

I expected from the title this would be largely focused on current efforts but most of the book was history of the Apollo program and only a brief overview of space efforts since then. When it finally got to the discussion of future missions it became very repetitive seeming to emphasize the same few points of the benefit over and over. It isn't a bad review of the history but there are far more comprehensive examinations than this. I found it became tedious but I wanted to see what he had for the current "race" and honestly the lack of detail was disappointing.