Fly Me to the Moon: Lost in Space With the Mercury Generation

By Bryan Ethier

Fly Me to the Moon transports you to who your were when America took its first steps into space; the night you sat transfixed to the television as the crew of Apollo XI landed on the moon; the day you... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965384659
• ISBN13: 9780965384650
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: McGregor Hill Pub
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Wow, Great book!

Lost in Space was great. I enjoyed reliving the power and awe from the early years of NASA, and instead of rote facts, this book really gives you a feel of being part of the space program. It is a well written account of numerous personal experiences of the astronauts, to average Americans and their involvement surrounding this phenomenal thing we call space exploration. I strongly recommend this one for anyone who hold a special place in their heart for the US space program.

Terrific! Wonderous! Made me feel like a kid again.

Bryan Ethier has created a masterpiece. This book brought all of those childhood memories back that I thought I had forever forgotten. It brought me back to a time in America when things seemed so exciting and nothing could stand in our way of exploring the stars. It rekindled the feelings I had as a child when I watched the Apollo missions launch into space and wondered if I'd get a chance someday to touch a distant planet or star. Nothing seemed impossible then. There was nothing that we couldn't accomplish. With this book, Bryan Ethier made me realize that we still have that same spirit living in all of us and that the dreams of our youth should never be forgotten. Just a wonderful, wonderful book that I hope will one day be treated as an American treasure.

You will become a kid again reading this book!

Lost In Space was such a joy to read. My husband has worked for NASA for over 20 years and said he "felt just like a kid building a pretend spaceship" once again. We've passed the book onto our astronaut friends and several have said it reminded them of why they got in the astronaut program in the first place - those dreams so many years ago. If you have every held your breath waiting for a Space Shuttle or a Saturn V Rocket to blast off into the heavens, you'll find yourself doing it all over again when you read this book. This is not another book about the space program, it's a book about you and me!

Takes me back to the wonderful space times of my youth!

In reading this book, I found myself transported to a time and place that sorely needed revisiting. The author's use of imagery and choice of words in describing various incidences really capture the imagination of the reader, and help to mold vivid images into the mind. It doesn't hurt that the Discovery Channel just discovered the location of the Liberty Bell on the floor of the Indian Ocean. Would this be an advertising ploy on behalf of book sales, by chance? This is a WONDERFUL book!

Every mother and child--young or "old"--will cherish it!!

When Mike Collins dropped his passengers off on the moon, this now 62-year-old woman sat transfixed watching on our black-and-white TV and my heart beat at the awe of this magical event! Who would have thought when we were kids looking at the "man in the moon" that there would ever BE things such as TV?In "Fly Me to the Moon" Bryan Ethier wraps all these wonders up together and makes us relive all these awesome events with a flair of mirth and forgotten emotions.My routine, prior to early Mass on Sunday, is to let Calgon take me away while I do my New York Times crossword puzzle. This Sunday, I opted to start reading Bryan Ethier's book. Having visited the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral last year, I was THERE as I read Bryan's description of the launch he viewed and, having given birth multiple times, I LOVED the author's description of his son Adam's birth. Every mother will enjoy the way he ties both "launches" together.How could we get this WONDERFUL book into our schools so our youngster could appreciate the wonder of using their imagination and learn through "Fly Me to the Moon" the history of our space program?Is there a way this could be done? I hope this is not Bryan's last book!