Man and the Moon (1961). Dust Jacket Art by Chesley Bonestell
The jacket painting is the artist's conception of the Jura Mountains on the Sinus Iridum as seen from a crater in Mare Imbrium. What the lunar surface is, how man will get to it, and what he will do when he arrives there is the subject of "Man and the Moon," which was published just weeks before John F. Kennedy proposed going there by the end of the decade. Basic questions about the moon are discussed in the book including: Is the moon covered with a thin film of dust - or with 300 feet of it and what is the best place to land? Imagine landing on the moon and sinking in hundreds of feet of dust, a legitimate concern back then.
Man and the Moon (1961). Dust Jacket Art by Chesley Bonestell
The jacket painting is the artist's conception of the Jura Mountains on the Sinus Iridum as seen from a crater in Mare Imbrium. What the lunar surface is, how man will get to it, and what he will do when he arrives there is the subject of "Man and the Moon," which was published just weeks before John F. Kennedy proposed going there by the end of the decade. Basic questions about the moon are discussed in the book including: Is the moon covered with a thin film of dust - or with 300 feet of it and what is the best place to land? Imagine landing on the moon and sinking in hundreds of feet of dust, a legitimate concern back then.