Where No Man Has Gone Before by Compton, William David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Table of Contents 1 - AMERICA STARTS FOR THE MOON: 1957–1963

Organizing for Space Exploration Project Apollo: The Decision Project Apollo: The Debate Project Apollo: Prospects, 1963

2 - LINKING SCIENCE TO MANNED SPACE FLIGHT

The Moon and the Space Science Program Manned Space Flight and Science Coordinating Science and Apollo Reorganizing Around Apollo 1963: Progress and Prospects

3 - APOLLO’S LUNAR EXPLORATION PLANS

Scientific Interest in the Moon Planning for Lunar Exploration Headquarters-Center Relations in Science Lunar Surface Experiments Woods Hole and Falmouth Conferences, Summer 1965 Site Selection: Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter

4 - HANDLING SAMPLES FROM THE MOON

Early Plans for Lunar Sample Management The Specter of “Back-Contamination” Congress Objects to the Receiving Laboratory Completing Design and Starting Construction Staffing the Lunar Receiving Laboratory

5 - SELECTING AND TRAINING THE CREWS

Test-Pilot Astronauts Scientists Call for Representation on Apollo Crews Organizing the Astronaut Corps More Missions, More Astronauts Moving Into Flight Operations Selection of the First Scientist-Astronauts Future Plans Require Yet More Astronauts Headquarters Expands the Ranks of Scientist-Astronauts Scientists in the Astronaut Corps

6 - MISSION AND SCIENCE PLANNING: 1963—1966

Operational Constraints on Landing Sites Scientific Input to Site Selection Site Selection: Early Results from Unmanned Programs Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments MSC Develops a Science Organization Apollo at the End of 1966

7 - SETBACK AND RECOVERY: 1967

Death at the Cape The Fire and the Science Program PSAC Examines Post-Apollo Science Plans Lunar Science and Exploration: Santa Cruz, 1967 The Purse Strings Draw Tighter Lunar Exploration Program Office Established Lunar Receiving Laboratory: Management and Sample Handling Complexities of Quarantine 1967: A Critical Year

8 - FINAL PREPARATIONS: 1968

Spacecraft and Mission Progress Lunar Surface Experiments Lunar Receiving Laboratory Problems with Back-Contamination Control Final Simulations and Certification Picking Landing Sites Looking Beyond the First Landings Mission Planning and Operations, 1968 The Apollo Decade Draws to a Close

9 - PRIMARY MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: 1969

Crew Activities, 1968—1969 A Second Group of Scientist-Astronauts Crew Training and Flight Operations Apollo 11 Crew Makes Ready The First Lunar Explorers Scientific Work Begins The Astronauts in Quarantine Public Interest in Lunar Samples Astronauts Given Clean Bill of Health Releasing the Samples Scientific Side Issues: Security and Publication The End of the Beginning

10 - LUNAR EXPLORATION BEGINS

On With Lunar Exploration Selecting Sites for Exploration Preparations for the Second Mission: Crew Selection and Training Target: Surveyor III Firming Up Plans for Apollo 12 Interlude: Alarums and Excursions in the Scientific Community Preparations for the Next Mission

11 - FIRST PHASE OF LUNAR EXPLORATION COMPLETED: 1969-1970

Intrepid Seeks Out Surveyor III Lunar Receiving Laboratory Operations The First Lunar Science Conference MSC Increases Emphasis on Science in Apollo Personnel and Program Changes Mission to Fra Mauro

12 - APOLLO ASSUMES ITS FINAL FORM: 1970–1971

Cutbacks and Program Changes To Fra Mauro, At Last Changes for Extended Lunar Missions Landing Sites for the Last Missions Crews for the Last Missions Scientist-Astronauts’ Dissatisfaction Surfaces Second Apollo Lunar Science Conference The End of Quarantine

13 - LUNAR EXPLORATION CONCLUDED

Apollo 15: Great Expectations The Lunar Rover and New Experiments To the Mountains of the Moon Apollo 15’s Science Dividend A Geologist for Apollo 17 To the Lunar Highlands: Descartes Apollo 17: The Close of an Era

14 - PROJECT APOLLO: THE CONCLUSION

Apollo 17 Samples Fourth Lunar Science Conference The New Moon The Scientific Accomplishments of Apollo Major Issues in Apollo Project Apollo: Stunt or Portent?

SOURCE NOTES APPENDIX 1 - ORGANIZATION CHARTS: NASA, OMSF, OSSA, MSC APPENDIX 2 - APOLLO FUNDING HISTORY APPENDIX 3 - LUNAR EXPLORATION PLANNING, 1961—1967 APPENDIX 4 - CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS IN MANNED SPACE FLIGHT AND IN PROJECT APOLLO, 1957—1975 APPENDIX 5 - SUMMARY DATA ON APOLLO MISSIONS APPENDIX 6 - PRIME AND BACKUP CREWS, SUPPORT CREWS, AND CAPSULE COMMUNICATORS FOR APOLLO LUNAR MISSIONS APPENDIX 7 - CREW TRAINING AND SIMULATIONS APPENDIX 8 - THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 13 BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR