Project Gemini: America in Space Series: 1

This book, as does companion books on Mercury and Apollo has so much good content that it ought to rank as excellent - but doesn't.This is because all 4 books (there are 2 on Apollo) have from beginning two end numerous errors on all sorts of units of speed, dimensions and what have you and this is extensive throughout all 4 books. One example describes a returning manned capsule returning on a main chute of 2 ft diameter and so it goes on and on.There are also some wrong captions to photos.Clearly there was no proof reading at all

A very good and interesting read.

J'ai de nombreux livres sur la conquête de l'espace. J'apprécie particulièrement ce type d'ouvrage à la fois synthétique et bien illustré. Je n'ai pas constaté d'erreur, mais j'avoue ne pas être assez "calé" pour en détecter.La série sur les trois programmes des débuts de la conquête de l'espace américaine est vraiment excellente.

As someone who is old enough to have watched the Gemini program while it was underway, I've long been disappointed by the relative dearth of books about it compared to Apollo. This one helps alleviate that disappointment, and on the whole I found it a worthwhile, 4-star read. It does, however, suffer from what seems to be an increasing problem in publishing: a lack of proofreading. The section on Gemini 10 where it is repeatedly referred to as Gemini 9 is perhaps the most egregious lapse, but there were others that forced me to check other books I do have, and even Wikipedia, to determine the accuracy of the information. (Proofing errors were far fewer in the volume on Mercury, so the publisher isn't incapable of doing better.)

The book provides good detail on Gemini's development and devotes around 25 pages to each flight. Lots of things were new to me such as what happened to the Rogalo wing concept. However, in reading about the Apollo project, I recently got interested in the proposed Gemini follow-ons including beating Apollo to the moon and "Big Gemini" (both cancelled or rejected.) Unfortunately, this book ends with the last flight. But for what it does cover, it was very good! Lots of pictures and diagrams.