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Robert Godwin Is Publisher and Editor of Apogee Books, the World's Number One Publisher of Space Books, and He Also Is the Space

Robert Godwin Publisher/Editor, Apogee Books Space Curator, Canadian Air and Space Museum Robert Godwin is publisher and editor of Apogee Books, the world's number one publisher of space books, and he also is the Space Curator at the Canadian Air and Space Museum. Godwin has worked with almost every surviving Apollo astronaut on his acclaimed books series "the NASA Mission Reports". Many have become his friends. Back in 1998, at an event to honour the crew of Apollo 7, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin asked Robert to publish a book to commemorate man's first voyage to the moon. The book was extremely well received by the astronauts and led to the book series "The NASA Mission Reports". Contributors to Robert's space series include Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Tom Hanks, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, David Brin, Ron Howard, Senator Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, Wally Schirra, Dave Scott, Walt Cunningham, Dr Marc Garneau, Eileen Collins, Bonnie Dunbar and many more astronauts and space scientists. Godwin also has helped to categorize some of NASA's space archives, and is now rescuing old films, old audio recordings, documents, and works closely with NASA. He is well known and highly respected in the space community. He has appeared on many radio and television programs in Canada, the U.S, and England as an expert on space-related subjects. He is a fountain of knowledge, has many anecdotal stories, and is an excellent interview. He can provide insights into the astronauts themselves, talk about their missions and challenges, and talk about Canada's contributions to space (much of which would likely surprise most Canadians). .

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