Before This Decade Is Out: Personal Reflections on the Apollo Program (Dover Books on Astronomy)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486483835 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Saturn V said I agree with John Keller. John has written the first review of this book. It says alot of what I was thinking while reading this myself. Many of these people have passed away or are getting up there in years. (No offense to those still "young" Apollo participants who may read this!) I wanted to hear more from some of them: Bob Gilruth, Max Faget.As John had pointed out, the bibliography is an excellent resource for additional books. I have aquired and have re. The Oral History of Project Apollo Roger D. Launius This book emerged out of the activities at NASA in 1999 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. As the chief historian of NASA at the time I saw the anniversary looming before us like a freight train bearing down on a deer crossing. I knew it would consume the history function, but I also wanted to use the anniversary to gain support for substantive history projects. This was one of several publication. A Collection of Interviews from the Apollo Moon Mission Era John R. Keller This book, originally publishing in 1999 as NASA Special Publication, SP-4223, contains fourteen interviews from various people who describe their activities at NASA during the Apollo era. These interviews cover the entire spectrum of people involved in this project, from flight controllers, the top management, two astronauts and even a secretary. More than half the people interviewed for this book have never published anything which
Paine; Wernher von Braun, architect of the Saturn V rocket; spacecraft designer Maxime A. On July 24, 1969, the astronauts of Apollo XI splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, having triumphantly answered John F. Commenters include NASA administrators James Webb and Thomas O. Faget; and astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Charles Duke. These fascinating oral histories recount the inside story of the lunar landing project, recapturing the excitement, daring, and idealism of the Apollo program.Drawn from hundreds of interviews from the NASA archives, the Johnson Space Center, and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, this volume features the recollections of fourteen program participants. Introductory material provides background on the Apollo program, and nearly seventy black-and-white images illustrate the captivating first-person accounts of history in the making.. Kennedy's 1961 challenge to land an American on the moon "before this decade is out." Behind their success lay the cooperative efforts of political leaders, engineers, scientists, administrators, and other astronauts
Swanson is a historian at Johnson Space Center in Houston. He is also the editor of Countdown, a publication devoted to the space shuttle, and Quest, a periodical on the history of space flight.. Glen E
A foreword by Christopher C. . Kraft, Jr., former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, introduces this extraordinary first chapter in America's space history. These reflections on this unique time, place, and accomplishment are a must read for any student of space history and Project Apollo. From the Publisher WINNER OF THE 1999 PENDLETON PRIZE This significant collection of oral histories of the Saturn/Apollo program recounts the unique adventure of the lunar landing program as witnessed by some of the political leaders, engineers, scientists, and astronauts who made it such a success. It includes recollections from James Webb, the NASA administrator whose political connections in Washington extended back to the New Deal of the 1930s; rocket pioneer and architect of the Saturn V rocket Wernher von Braun; the resolute Robert Gilruth, director of the Houston center; the engineering iconoclast Maxime Faget, whose d