Charles Fishman

Award-winning journalist Charles Fishman is the _New York Times_\-bestselling author of _[One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/One-Giant-Leap/Charles-Fishman/9781501106293),_ _The Wal-Mart Effect_ and _[The Big Thirst](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Big-Thirst/Charles-Fishman/9781439102084)_.

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The Amazing Handmade Tech That Powered Apollo 11’s Moon Voyage
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The Amazing Handmade Tech That Powered Apollo 11’s Moon Voyage

Yes, there was rocket science. But there were also extraordinary amounts of low-tech weaving, stitching and caulking.