I loved every word, the characters are every bit as wonderful as those in the political books. Combine the great characters with Fallis's obvious love of the space program and you get a must read.
As a lapsed geophysicist I was excited to give this book to my grandchildren but reading it to them was not good for me. There are some facts about the earth there but the monsters left me cold. The kids thought it was fine though and they will have internalized the idea that the planet is a ball so it was worthwhile.