Chariots for Apollo by Brooks, Courtney G. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Frontispiece: Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction to the Dover Edition Foreword Preface 1 - Concept to Challenge

FORGING A NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY THE STARTING THE GOETT COMMITTEE FOCUSING THE AIM PRIMING THE PIPELINE THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES PORTENTS FOR APOLLO THE CHALLENGE

2 - Project Planning and Contracting

COMMITTEES AT WORK SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT DECISION ASTRONAVIGATION-THE FIRST APOLLO CONTRACT CONTRACTING FOR THE COMMAND MODULE INFLUENCES ON BOOSTER DETERMINATION HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHOICE OF FACILITIES THE LAUNCH VEHICLE: QUESTION AND DECISION

3 - Contending Modes

PROPOSALS: BEFORE AND AFTER MAY 1961 LOR GAINS A NASA ADHERENT EARLY REACTION TO LOR ANALYSES OF LOR SETTLING THE MODE ISSUE CASTING THE DIE

4 - Matching Modules and Missions

THE TEAM AND THE TOOLS PRELIMINARY DESIGNS FOR THE LUNAR LANDER PRESSURES BY PSAC FITTING THE LUNAR MODULE INTO APOLLO NASA ADJUSTMENTS FOR APOLLO NASA-GRUMMAN NEGOTIATIONS END OF A PHASE

5 - Command Module and Program Changes

THE HEADQUARTERS ROLE COMMAND MODULE: PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS

6 - Lunar Module

EXTERNAL DESIGN TAILORING THE COCKPIT HATCHES AND LANDING GEAR ENGINES, LARGE AND SMALL ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTRICITY THE “SUB-PRIME” AND THE RADAR PROBLEM GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION MOCKUP REVIEWS THE LUNAR MODULE AND THE APOLLO PROGRAM

7 - Searching for Order

PROGRAM DIRECTION AND THE COMMAND MODULE LUNAR MODULE REFINEMENT THE LEM TEST PROGRAM: A PACING ITEM THE MANNED FACTOR PORTENTS FOR OPERATIONS THE COURSE AND THE FUTURE

8 - Moving toward Operations

QUALIFYING MISSIONS TROUBLES AND TROUBLESHOOTERS LUNAR MODULE PLANS AND PROGRESS IN SPACE FLIGHT THE ASTRONAUTS AND THE GEMINI EXPERIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIRST MANNED APOLLO MISSION

9 - Tragedy and Recovery

STALKED BY THE SPECTRE THE INVESTIGATION THE SLOW RECOVERY Apollo 4 AND SATURN V

10 - Race with the Decade

WORRIES AND WATCHDOGS Apollo 5: THE LUNAR MODULE’S DEBUT THE LM: SOME QUESTIONS, SOME ANSWERS Apollo 6: SATURN V’s SHAKY DRESS REHEARSAL POGO AND OTHER PROBLEMS THE OUTLOOK

11 - Tastes of Triumph

PROPOSAL FOR A LUNAR-ORBIT MISSION SELECTING AND TRAINING CREWS Apollo 7: THE MAGNIFICENT FLYING MACHINE THE APOLLO 8 DECISION Apollo 8: THE FIRST LUNAR VOYAGE

12 - The Trailblazers

SCHEDULES AND LINGERING WORRIES A DOUBLE WORKLOAD THE MISSION AND THE MEN Apollo 9: EARTH ORBITAL TRIALS SETTING THE STAGE Apollo 10: THE DRESS REHEARSAL

13 - To Land on the Moon

SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS TRAINING MANKIND’S REPRESENTATIVES AFFAIRS FOR THE PUBLIC DOWN TO THE WIRE

14 - Trip to Tranquility

THE OUTWARD VOYAGE IN LUNAR ORBIT THE FIRST LANDING ON THE SURFACE RETURN FROM TRANQUILITY

Epilogue Appendixes Source Notes Bibliographical Note Index Bibliographical Note Index List of NASA Photograph Numbers THE AUTHORS Astronomy Chemistry Engineering Mathematics Physics

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