Puzzle 553 Missing players, please come back! Pweez!

[mrspunkysmom]

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. . . . . . .
L−−a is −−−e a−ai− is−late−. T−− −e−a−es ha−e −asse− −ith−−t −−−t−alls −− its −−st− s−−−a−e. −− −heele− −−−e−s −at−−l the l−−a− hi−hla−−s. Sile−t −a−−a−ts −−a−− −ast te−−it−−ies −e−e− −et −isite− −− −a−. −−see− −istas a−ait the −et−−− −− e−−l−−e−s −−−− Ea−th.

A−− the− −ill −et−−−.

−−−e−−−− t− −−−− Sh−t
−eil A−−st−−−−
−e−−−a−− 1994

Letters to guess:

BCD FGH JK MNOPQR UVWXYZ

Wombat = 42 E 25 S 33 T 21 L = 163 Oops forgot an E
Kokopup = 34 A 16 H = 84
Felicia’s Mom = 21 I = 42

[mrspunkysmom]

Gentlemen and ladies,

Part of this quote is searchable, but part is not, which is why I chose it. So guess away and fill in the missing pieces.

Unless of course, you own the book.

[wombat2u2004]

W please

[wombat2u2004]

PM sent

[kokopup]

O please

[wombat2u2004]

O please

Ya too late mate.....hee hee.

[Pinot's Mom]

I'll rejoin on the next puzzle - sorry, I was in Turkey and Greece!

[mrspunkysmom]

O please

Sorry about that. I was miffed that Wom figured it out despite that only the second paragraph was partially searchable.

This was actually an Introduction. I did all I could to disguise this.
Take it away Wom

We still need more players!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luna Incognita. The unknown moon. A silent sentinel. For all of man’s history it had hung overhead, remote, unreachable, unknowable.

Luna is once again isolated. Two decades have passed without footfalls on its dusty surface. No wheeled Rovers patrol the lunar highlands. Silent ramparts guard vast territories never yet visited by man. Unseen vistas await the return of explorers from Earth.

And they will return.

Foreword to Moon Shot
Neil Armstrong
February 1994