Frommer's the Moon: A Guide for First-Time Visitors (Frommer's complete travel guides) - Softcover

Kustenmacher, Werner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028628691 ISBN 13: 9780028628691

Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 1999

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At last! Everything you need to plan a worry-free vacation to the Moon! In this book, you'll find all of the details on how much your trip will cost, how to train, and what to expect during lift-off. You'll get the straight story on how to eat, how to sleep, even how to go to the bathroom on the moon.

• A crater-by-crater guide to the most famous lunar attractions, plus tips on bringing souvenirs back to Earth
• Comments by the astronauts, and much, much more!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Author Werner "Tiki" Küstenmacher, a German pastor, is a best-selling author and illustrator of over fifty books. He has been fascinated by space travel since early childhood. This travel guide to the Moon, he tells us, has been the most enjoyable book he has ever worked?"It's just a pity I had to write about a place I haven't been to yet!" After writing the book, he feels as if he has been there, and hopes the reader will share this feeling, too. For one thing is certain: Traveling to the Moon is bound to be the deepest spiritual experience of one's life. Tiki Küstenmacher has made provisions for the future. He already owns a nice plot of land on the Moon. If you want to visit him there it is near the Gassendi Grater, on the shores of Mare Humorum.

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At last! Everything you need to plan a worry-free vacation to the Moon Inside You'll Find:

• All the details on how much your trip will cost, how to train, and what to expect during lift-off
• The straight story on how to eat, how to sleep, even how to go to the bathroom on the Moon
• A crater-by-crater guide to the most famous lunar attractions?plus tips on bringing souvenirs back to Earth
• Comments by the astronauts, and much, much more!

Visit us online at www.frommers.com

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"Suddenly from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realize this is Earth?home." ?Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14) The Powers of the Moon Waxing Moon: It is believed that new moonlight helps to generate storms. Also, the liquid in plants increases. During this phase of the Moon, you should seed legumes, build chimneys, and engage in financial business. However, it is a bad time for fighting pests. Full Moon: This is a very special time. Many animals stay awake during this night, including many humans. It is a bad day for marriage and any kind of argument that could end violently. On the other hand, it is a good time to preserve fruit and breed horses. Waning Moon: During this phase, the liquid inside plants recedes, so it is a good time for cutting wood or mowing the lawn. Painting walls or doing dental surgery is also recommended. From a lunar point of view, it is a bad time to conduct business on the stock exchange. New Moon: The weather is about to change. It is an ideal time for weeding, ending arguments, starting new business, or meditation. Complete list of successful moon landings

Probe		Arrival		Result
Luna 2		9/13/1959		Moon reached for the first time; hard impact.
Ranger 7		7/31/1964		4,308 photos shot while approaching (resolution 1 meter); then hard impact.
Ranger 8		2/20/1965		7,137 photos shot while approaching (resolution 0.5 meters); then hard impact.
Ranger 9		3/24/1965		5,814 photos shot while approaching (resolution 0.25 meters); then hard impact.
Luna 9		2/3/1966		First soft lander; 4 panorama shots.
Surveyor 1		6/2/1966		First American soft lander; 11,240 shots taken.
Luna 13		12/24/1966		3 panorama shots taken; mechanical ground measuring device.
Surveyor 3		4/20/1976		Soft lander; 6,326 shots taken. In Nov. 1969 Apollo 12 landed at this exact spot and examined Surveyor.
Surveyor 5		9/11/1967		Soft lander; 19,118 shots taken; robotic soil examination.
Surveyor 6		11/10/1967		29,952 shots taken.
Surveyor 7		1/19/1968		21,038 shots taken; chemical analysis; mechanical shovel.
Apollo 11		7/20/1969		First men on the moon: Armstrong and Aldrin; Collins in orbit.
Apollo 12		11/19/1969		Conrad and Bean on the moon; Gordon in orbit.
Luna 16		9/21/1970		First robotic sample return.
Luna 17		11/17/1970		Surface rover Lunochod 1 (driven 10,540 meters).
Apollo 14		2/5/1971		Shepard and Mitchell on the moon; Roosa in orbit.
Apollo 15		7/30/1971		Scott and Irwin on the moon; Worden in orbit.
Luna 20		2/21/1972		Automatic sample return.
Apollo 16		4/21/1972		Young and Duke on the moon; Mattingly in orbit.
Apollo 17		12/11/1972		Cernan and Schmitt on the moon; Evans in orbit.
Luna 21		1/15/1973		Surface rover Lunochod 2 (driven 37 kilometers).
Luna 24		8/18/1976		Automatic sample collector, drilled up to 2 meters deep; returned to Earth.

Aside from the landings above, twenty-six more probes crashed onto the moon (probes, unsuccessful missions, used moon ferries, etc.).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0028628691
• ISBN 13: 9780028628691
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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