Author: Robert Godwin
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
It has been said that the Apollo Program was the greatest human achievement since the construction of the pyramids in Egypt. It was certainly one of the greatest achievements of modern times. But how was this miracle accomplished? Superficially, Apollo was the culmination of less than a decade of work by the greatest scientific and engineering minds anywhere in the world, but it was also an astonishing logistical and management achievement. Before President Kennedy was elected to office, military planners on both sides of the Cold War were convinced that the moon might represent the ultimate safe haven for military assets. If an enemy was to launch a first strike, whoever controlled the moon would always have the last word. With the goal of ensuring that safeguard, the US Army and the US Air Force began making plans for going to the moon long before NASA was even created. However, President Eisenhower chose to put Americas space program in the hands of a civilian agency and the military moon program ended. Three years later, when President Kennedy announced his nations goal of landing men on the moon, the sheer scope of the task required more than just scientists and engineers, it required men and women who were used to planning on a scale rarely seen outside of military conflict. It would also require the requisitioning of many of those old military assets, from ships, to tracking systems, to contractors. USAF Four Star General Samuel C Phillips would sit astride of the colossal program named Apollo and with the aid of nearly half a million of his fellow citizens would achieve the seemingly impossible. This book contains the entire plan, as it was summarised for a very limited number of people who were highly placed in the organisational structure. This rarely seen document is reproduced here in its entirety and spells out how the greatest logistical program of the 20th century was achieved.
Apollo Program Development Plan
Author: Robert Godwin
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
It has been said that the Apollo Program was the greatest human achievement since the construction of the pyramids in Egypt. It was certainly one of the greatest achievements of modern times. But how was this miracle accomplished? Superficially, Apollo was the culmination of less than a decade of work by the greatest scientific and engineering minds anywhere in the world, but it was also an astonishing logistical and management achievement. Before President Kennedy was elected to office, military planners on both sides of the Cold War were convinced that the moon might represent the ultimate safe haven for military assets. If an enemy was to launch a first strike, whoever controlled the moon would always have the last word. With the goal of ensuring that safeguard, the US Army and the US Air Force began making plans for going to the moon long before NASA was even created. However, President Eisenhower chose to put Americas space program in the hands of a civilian agency and the military moon program ended. Three years later, when President Kennedy announced his nations goal of landing men on the moon, the sheer scope of the task required more than just scientists and engineers, it required men and women who were used to planning on a scale rarely seen outside of military conflict. It would also require the requisitioning of many of those old military assets, from ships, to tracking systems, to contractors. USAF Four Star General Samuel C Phillips would sit astride of the colossal program named Apollo and with the aid of nearly half a million of his fellow citizens would achieve the seemingly impossible. This book contains the entire plan, as it was summarised for a very limited number of people who were highly placed in the organisational structure. This rarely seen document is reproduced here in its entirety and spells out how the greatest logistical program of the 20th century was achieved.
Publisher: Apogee Books
ISBN: 9781926592305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
It has been said that the Apollo Program was the greatest human achievement since the construction of the pyramids in Egypt. It was certainly one of the greatest achievements of modern times. But how was this miracle accomplished? Superficially, Apollo was the culmination of less than a decade of work by the greatest scientific and engineering minds anywhere in the world, but it was also an astonishing logistical and management achievement. Before President Kennedy was elected to office, military planners on both sides of the Cold War were convinced that the moon might represent the ultimate safe haven for military assets. If an enemy was to launch a first strike, whoever controlled the moon would always have the last word. With the goal of ensuring that safeguard, the US Army and the US Air Force began making plans for going to the moon long before NASA was even created. However, President Eisenhower chose to put Americas space program in the hands of a civilian agency and the military moon program ended. Three years later, when President Kennedy announced his nations goal of landing men on the moon, the sheer scope of the task required more than just scientists and engineers, it required men and women who were used to planning on a scale rarely seen outside of military conflict. It would also require the requisitioning of many of those old military assets, from ships, to tracking systems, to contractors. USAF Four Star General Samuel C Phillips would sit astride of the colossal program named Apollo and with the aid of nearly half a million of his fellow citizens would achieve the seemingly impossible. This book contains the entire plan, as it was summarised for a very limited number of people who were highly placed in the organisational structure. This rarely seen document is reproduced here in its entirety and spells out how the greatest logistical program of the 20th century was achieved.
Apollo Program Development Plan
Author: United States. Apollo Program Office
Publisher:
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages :
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Apollo Program Management
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions (ALEM) Program Plan
Author: George M. Low
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
This program plan supports the requirements of Apollo Program Directive 4K and is based on the most current information available at the time of publication. This directive defines the ALEM schedule and hardware planning guidelines and requirements to be used as a baseline for detailed Apollo spacecraft programming. Also, this directive reflects the requirements of Apollo Program Directive 4 (APD-4).
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
This program plan supports the requirements of Apollo Program Directive 4K and is based on the most current information available at the time of publication. This directive defines the ALEM schedule and hardware planning guidelines and requirements to be used as a baseline for detailed Apollo spacecraft programming. Also, this directive reflects the requirements of Apollo Program Directive 4 (APD-4).
Apollo Expeditions to the Moon
Author: Edgar M. Cortright
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ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Here men from the planet earth. First set foot upon the moon - July 1969 A.D. We Came in peace for all mankind. From the plaque on the Eagle, Apollo 11, which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Here men from the planet earth. First set foot upon the moon - July 1969 A.D. We Came in peace for all mankind. From the plaque on the Eagle, Apollo 11, which landed on the moon on July 20, 1969.
Apollo Applications Reliability and Quality Assurance Program Plan
Author: Office of Manned Space Flight. Apollo Applications Program
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Apollo Reliability and Quality Assurance Program Plan
Author: United States. Office of Manned Space Flight
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Apollo
Author: Shayler David
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781852335755
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apollo 11 as well as missions planned following that first landing. Drawing upon combinations of archival documentation from the first four manned Apollo missions and future mission plans evolved in the summer of 1969 Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions will fill this void. The text explains how the machines and the men were prepared for the landing on the moon and what would have followed the initial landings.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781852335755
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apollo 11 as well as missions planned following that first landing. Drawing upon combinations of archival documentation from the first four manned Apollo missions and future mission plans evolved in the summer of 1969 Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions will fill this void. The text explains how the machines and the men were prepared for the landing on the moon and what would have followed the initial landings.
Report of Apollo 204 Review Board to the Administrator
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Apollo 204 Review Board
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Category : Space vehicle accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Space vehicle accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1966
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
Book Description