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I agree with all of the reviews posted here I was learning to read in the late sixtes/early seventies and I remember this book very well. I must have read it a few hundred times.
Well, imagine my surprise last week when my dad found it in the attic and asked if I wanted it for my 4 year old. As I dug into the pile of books he found I found not only my copy, but my sisters edition from 10 years earlier. The c-right on my sisters was dated 1959 mine was 1971. The art and the text were redone. The same authors but two different illustrators. By 1971 we had a functioning moon program and we were a more "politically correct" society.
The art in the 59 edition is more in the vein of 50's fantasy. One of the big draws in the 59 edition is that you will be able to see what's going on by watching a Television. The 71 edition is clearly based on Apollo. In the 59 edition there are no female "Spacemen", by 71 one there are female astronauts in the book.
Seeing the two side by side is a great history lesson. and a real trip down memory lane for me.

Born in the mid 50's, this book arrived with my Young Readers collection of Dr. Seuss and became an all time favorite. At a time when there were no female astronauts, it brought hope to a little girl with BIG space dreams.

This book related the wonderful concepts of space travel so well that I desired the experience of anti gravity badly enough to have dreams about it. It was easy to understand how and why we would one day reach the moon, albeit slightly skewed by our inexperience in the field.

Even though this book is outdated, it is a good example of our roots in space travel... just as current books will hopefully become in the future. I considered it such a gem, that I salvaged it after my nieces grew up and no longer read the Young Readers collection I passed on to them. My only regret is in not saving the entire set... each book anxiously awaited in the mail each month so long ago were the Harry Potter series of their time. These books are my touchstone to a reading world that started at age 4 ... and will continue until my last day on earth. Unfortunately, I never did go to the moon!

This is an "impressionable" book of colossal proportions. The subject matter absolutely fascinated, inspired, challenged, and motivated a generation of American "rocket scientists" that would eventually come to operate the Space Shuttle and the Space Station. I am one of those. Born in 1960, I would end up participating in a work-study program with NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, earn an Aerospace Engineering degree, and operate the Space Shuttle--on the ground, that is! Of course, I am sure it stimulated many others that chose different fields of endeavor.

As a young "Cat In The Hat" reader I was enormously fascinated with this book. Yes, this book was distributed by mail to many young readers, right along with "Green Eggs and Ham." What a time in history to begin learning. Imagine training to read with the imagination of Dr. Suess, to experience the creativity of Walt Disney, and be exposed to a vision of space travel by Wernher von Braun and his followers--all while the Mercury, Gemini and Saturn/Apollo programs hit the headlines and the TV screens!

With over forty years having passed, I suggest reading it again-or for the first time. On the one hand, you will find that much is fulfilled. Alas, on the other hand, the fact that the title is addressed to "YOU" should cause us all to reflect on the promises one generation makes to another...and inspire us all to action once again. This time to enable all those who would like to Go To The Moon!

Although I haven't read this book in print form, I have read it online for free. It's very authoritative and full of information. The only problem I have is that it lacks subjectivity: doesn't tell you the "problems" a certain career might have or its workload.

In conclusion, every student or non-student who's just looking for a different career path will benefit from the info in this book.

This semester, I am enrolled in a high school course entitled "Career Exploration." One of the things that we do in the class is to research the descriptions and statistics of various careers. The "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is one of the tools that we use to carry out this task. The handbook is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor that is revised every two years. It covers almost every career imaginable. It starts out with an easy-to-use index that has different careers clustered into an assortment of categories. The bulk of the book, however, contains multi-page entries of over 200 careers. Each entry lists the job description, skills required for the job, required training or education and where to obtain it, job statistics (such as how many people are currently involved in that career), and a job outlook. The information contained in each of these sections is thorough and reliable. Needless to say, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone researching careers. I especially recommend it to students who might not know what careers they are even interested in yet. The centrality of so much important information about different careers is going to save students a great deal of time and aggravation. I therefore believe that the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" is the best place to turn for careers-related data and is a must have for every library or guidance office.

In its Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-2001, The U.S. Department of Labor provides exhaustive, accurate, up-to-date information on all major jobs and occupations in the United States. This easy to use, authoritative, and definitive reference offers the most useful database of information on jobs and salaries available today. All jobs are arranged into logical clusters, making it simple to find a given occupation. The descriptions are clearly written and replete with pertinent and useful information on skills, pay, working conditions, training, educational prerequisites and more. Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-2001 is an essential, core reference title for school and community job center counseling, and ideal for personal job and career research.