Tue, Sep 14
|https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN
Virtual Books & Brews: Across the Airless Wilds
WMRA’s September 2021 Books & Brews features Earl Swift discussing his book, Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings. Now Virtual!
Time & Location
Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 PM
https://jmu-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN
About the Event
UPDATE: Due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and community spread, this event will now be presented online. This event is no longer scheduled for a live appearance at Pale Fire.
WMRA's Books & Brews is made possible thanks to our series sponsor, Gaines Group Architects. The Gaines Group has offices in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg.
Signed copies of Across the Airless Wilds are available at Stone Soup Books.
While not discussed often, Apollos 15, 16, and 17 each commanded a mountainous area the size of Manhattan. All told, their crews traveled 56 miles, and brought deeper science and a far more swashbuckling style of exploration to the moon. And they triumphed for one very American reason: they drove.
Across the Airless Wilds puts the reader alongside the men who dreamed of driving on the moon and designed and built the Lunar Rover, troubleshot its flaws, and strapped themselves into its seats. Shining a…