The Moon - A History for the Future - Oliver Morton
Category: Science
Tags: Science, Misc. Non-fiction
Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins Release date: 06-04-19, An intimate portrait of the Earths closest neighbor - the Moon - that explores the history and future of humankinds relationship with it, Every generation has looked towards the heavens and wondered at the beauty of the Moon. Fifty years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse - and Earth-bound audiences shared their view of their own planet hanging in the sky instead., In this short but wide-ranging book, Oliver Morton explores the history and future of humankinds relationship with the Moon from the earliest astronomers such as van Eyck and Galileo through the first space flights and anticipating next phase of our interaction with the Moon, as a portal and stepping stone to further space exploration. The Moons gentle light has spoken of love and loneliness; its battered surface of death and the cosmic. For some, it is a future on which humankind has turned its back. For others, an adventure yet to begin., Advanced tech
