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Index
Dedication
Contents
A Note From Dr Karl . . .
A Note to This Edition
Introduction: The Emu in the Sky
How Was the Moon Formed?
Chapter 1: The Space Race
The German Rockets of World War II
Chapter 2: The First Man in Space
Why Does the Moon Look Bigger on the Horizon Than When It’s High in the Sky?
What Is the Difference Between a Moon and a Planet?
Chapter 3: A Tech Kid Grows Up
Why Does the Moon Look the Same Size as the Sun?
Why Does the Moon Have Different Shapes?
Chapter 4: The First Computers
How the Journeys to the Moon Created the Internet
Chapter 5: Australia Gazes at the Universe
What Does It Take to Become an Astronaut?
Chapter 6: Canberra, Tidbinbilla and Honeysuckle Creek
What Is Our Moon’s Name?
Why Can We Sometimes See the Moon During the Day?
Chapter 7: Science in the Wilderness
The Dish in the Bush
Chapter 8: The Apollo Missions Begin
What Would Happen if You Were Thrown Out of a Spacecraft Into Space?
Chapter 9: Orbit Around the Moon
The Moon and the Months
How Does the Moon Make the Tides Rise and Fall?
Chapter 10: Destination: Moon Landing
What Is a Solar Eclipse?
What Is a Lunar Eclipse?
Chapter 11: Preparing for the Moon
The Apollo 11 Astronauts
Chapter 12: The Journey to the Moon
What Time Did the Astronauts Use?
Chips Off the Moon
Chapter 13: Lift-off!
What Does It Feel Like to Be Weightless in Space?
Chapter 14: On Their Way!
What Does Space Look Like From a Spacecraft?
How Do You Go to the Toilet on a Spacecraft?
Chapter 15: Touchdown!
The Moon’s Surface
Would Apollo 11 Sink in Moon Dust?
The Lone Woman in the Control Room
Chapter 16: The Eagle has Landed
The Long Days and Nights on the Moon
Chapter 17: The Day the World Remembers
Moon Myth: The Parkes Radio Telescope Was the First to Send Pictures of the Moon Walk to the World
Chapter 18: Ready and Waiting!
The World Watches
How Do You Hear on the Moon?
Chapter 19: Showing the Moon to the World
Moon Myth: The Journey to the Moon Never Happened
Chapter 20: Strolling on the Moon
What Are the Strange Lights on the Moon?
Chapter 21: Working on the Moon
Can Crops Be Grown on the Moon?
Chapter 22: Returning to Earth
The Lost TV Footage
Have Astronauts Ever Seen Any Aliens or UFOs?
Chapter 23: Apollo 12
Colin Cochran’s Story: The Rocket in the Bedroom!
Chapter 24: Apollo 13
Apollo Power
Chapter 25: The Final Missions
Can the Moon Tell Us How Earth and Other Planets Began?
Chapter 26: Goodbye to Honeysuckle Creek
Chapter 27: The Invisibles
‘Battle Short’
Desegregation at Last
Women in the Australian Space Program
Why the Women Stayed Invisible
Chapter 28: Apollo and the Information Age
Where Is the Honeysuckle Creek Dish Now?
Chapter 29: The Technical Legacy of Apollo
The Men Who Really Did Invent the Internet
Broadband Internet Connections
Miss Honeysuckle Creek, 1966
Biomedical Information
The Video Camera
The Power Fuel Cell
The Mini Computer
Real-Time Computing
Chapter 30: Soaring to the Stars
Chapter 31: One Small Blue Planet, Spinning in the Black
Surviving the Sixth Great Extinction
Chapter 32: Back to the Moon
The Moon Base That Never Was
A Holiday on the Moon!
The Call of the Moon
Chapter 33: Back to the Tracking Station
Chapter 34: Not Yet the End
Where to Find Out More
Some Great Reading
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Copyright
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