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Just read his book, great read!
He mentions that when he was in Apollo 10 and he came round the backside of the Moon in Snoppy separated from Charlie Brown, how Madrid tracked THE TWO space craft. I'd like to know how the HB's think they faked that. Also if Madrid tracked them, I'm sure the Soviets did as well. If you haven't read the book, then do so. It's not very technical, just a good story. <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Moonman on 2002-05-12 15:00 ]</font> |
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I just finished "Failure is not an Option" by Gene Kranz. That was great. Even though I knew the outcome of most of the missions, I couldn't put it down. It was pretty exciting to hear how Missiom Control dealt with all of the problems that the world never really heard about.
Is Cernan's book about only his flights, or the whole time he spent as an astronaut? |
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Has anyone else read Deke Slayton's autobiography (which is entitled "Deke!", strangely enough [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] )? Great read. I've always been a great admirerer of how Slayton dealt with getting pulled from flight status just weeks before his Mercury mission and continued to do the best job he could for the program. Highly recommended!
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I'm about 2/3 of the way through Gene Kranz's book. The book I read before it was Cernan's. I like them both. And don't forget Andrew Chaiken's "A Man on the Moon". This was the book that HBO and Tom Hanks made into the "From the Earth to the Moon" series.
I like reading the different accounts or different perspectives of the same events. And as technical and "cool, calm, and military" as Kranz is, he lets off some funny ones. Cernan was obviously a partier. He liked to rub elbows with big wigs. And yes, Cernan's account of his EVA I found riveting. Ed White didn't quite let on how much difficulty he actually had on his historic first walk. When I can get through with Kranz, it's on to "Bad Astronomy" (I'm such a slow reader). Hey "pvtpylot", thanks. I'll have to check out Slayton's book. You're right, he could have been bitter and quit. But he went on to become instrumental to the program. <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Thumper on 2002-05-14 12:43 ]</font> |
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On 2002-05-16 01:18, pvtpylot wrote: To: 6 LAMAT 2 ZIP right after "Core Java Fundamentals" Some one actually studying "Planned Ob's" hmm? Oh begin at the end, on the last page, past me the .jpg of the BAR maid. i mean Made? Meed? |
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Did anyone know about Neil Armstrong's book First on the Moon?
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I think the amazom reviews give you only an average idea about what the book is about. While it was written by the Apollo 11 crew, they had help from two ghost writers, Gene Farmer and Dora Jane Hamblin. I haven't looked at this book in a couple of years, but I remember it being a pretty good book. I still think Collins' book Carrying the Fire is better.
This book pops up fairly frequently on ebay for 10-15$ and I've found it still in a lot of libraries. |
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This is tangentially related to this thread...
I just finished reading Jules Verne's "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Round the Moon" again. The interesting thing I find is that much of the "science" reminds me of the HB arguments..... Much of what Verne had to say was rooted in accepted "facts" of the time (though much of it was wrong even by mid 19th century standards). I find it interesting that the HBs are stuck in the 19th century. CJSF
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BTW, doesn't Gene Cernan, Think that he Saw a UFO, While in Earth-Orbit, No Less? _________________ If you Ignore YOUR Rights, they Will go away. <font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: ZaphodBeeblebrox on 2002-06-12 03:31 ]</font> |
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Here's a link that's provides a hugh list of Apollo books. It's a bit dated, since it was composed for the Apollo 11 30th anniversary.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...ooksbiblio.htm |
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The book First on the Moon is for sale now on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2116888226 |
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"What's it going to take to get people to dream again, to realize they can once again do the impossible?" Eugene Cernan, Man on the Moon. http://www.space.com/peopleinterview...rs_010601.html
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