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Historian EARL SWIFT makes his debut to discuss his new book "Across the Airless Wilds."  This thorough book examines America's space program with a special emphasis on the development of the lunar rover for the Apollo 15 mission.  Earl gives us the captivating biographies of the few foreign scientists who designed the rover and the struggles working with several corporations.  Earl covers the rover experiments on sand dunes and in volcanic ash.   We are made aware of how advanced the Russian space program was while America was straggling.  Earl shows how the Americans were able to succeed.  This book coincides with the 1969 Moon landing and the recent private space flights.  This is a definitive study of how humans were able to go space trucking. ACROSS THE AIRLESS WILDS | earlswift