"Ayrey's
details fascinate. . . . Photos and engineering design diagrams add helpful
visual detail to the text. This accessible, anecdote-packed history will please
many an astronomy buff."

--Publishers
Weekly

"An
excellent addition to the existing literature on this subject. . . . [We can]
hope that current space suit designers are reading Ayrey's book and learning
the lessons it has to teach."--Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly

"Well-provided
with copious line diagrams, pictures, five appendices, chapter notes and
further

reading
recommendations, this is a historically and technically important book that
handles all the detailed complexity and development of the Apollo series space
suits with accuracy, clarity, and precision."--Journal of Aeronautical History

"A
rare and rewarding book. Ayrey goes into the complexity of both spacesuit
design and quality management in straightforward language. . . . He tells a
story that is engaging and entertaining."--National Space Society

"This
is the story of the ultimate space suit for lunar explorers; a garment that
evolved over many years of experiment and development; a garment that protected
me five times during extravehicular excursions into the vast unforgiving
hazards of space exploration, including three days on the surface of the
moon."--David Scott, Apollo 15 commander