It all started from a ‘what if?’ question. What if an Apollo lunar mission got stranded? That then led onto working out why they were stranded. What had happened? What would they do?
From that came the kernel of the idea that grew into the MOON book. I’ll be the first to admit it’s not 100% accurate to every design feature on a Lunar Module but it’s close enough I hope not to spoil the enjoyment. After all it is fiction 🙂
I remember watching to first moon landings live on a black and white television in a primary school classroom. It had fold out shields around the screen to try and keep out some of the sunlight – couldn’t have been very bright screens back then. I was probably a bit too young to really get the significance but I do remember building a Saturn V rocket from a cardboard cut-out type of kit. I was very proud of it when I’d finished.
You can read more about the book and the others in the series on the books page.