. . . A Memoir for His Grandchildren . . .

    Touching the Moon throws light on some of the people, industries, and practices responsible for putting two men on the moon and bringing them back safely to earth with he whole world watching on television. Director of Reliability and Special Assistant to the Vice President, Lunar Module (LM) at Grumman Aerospace, builders of the LM, the spaceship that carried the astronauts to the moon and back, Dr. Coutinho wrote this book as a record and legacy for his five grandchildren. His memoir begins in Washington, D.C. in the early 1920s and marches through Hitler's rise to power and concludes with the crowing glory of his career with the moon walk. Along the way, the world undergoes a vast array of changes in technology, attitudes, and mores. His account gives us much to remember and think about.