John Houbolt

Abbreviations
Author's Note
Prologue
PART I: Beginnings
CHAPTER 1: A Young Engineer
CHAPTER 2: Evolution of an Agency
CHAPTER 3: The Space Task Group
CHAPTER 4: Predicting the Future
PART II: Ideas
CHAPTER 5: From the Earth to the Moon
CHAPTER 6: More Committees, Groups, and Panels
CHAPTER 7: Parking Orbit
CHAPTER 8: Mode Discussions
CHAPTER 9: A National Commitment
PART III: Debate
CHAPTER 10: The "Admiral's Page" and a Letter
CHAPTER 11: More Committees, New Issues
CHAPTER 12: "All That Nonsense"
CHAPTER 13: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
CHAPTER 14: A New Way of Doing Things
CHAPTER 15: The Lunar Crasher
CHAPTER 16: A Letter From a Crank
CHAPTER 17: A Fifth Engine and a New Spacecraft
CHAPTER 18: Time for Serious Comparisons
CHAPTER 19: Almost There
CHAPTER 20: Charlie Frick's Road Show
CHAPTER 21: Scratching Backs
PART IV: Decision
CHAPTER 22: A Surprise Announcement
CHAPTER 23: Not There Yet
CHAPTER 24: "An Act of Faith and Vision"
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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• Tecnologia aeronaval e aeroespacial
• História das Américas
• Ciência espacial
• Astronáutica
• Biografia: ciência, tecnologia e medicina
• Aviões: interessse geral
• Descobertas e explorações geográficas
• História do século 20: c 1900 a c 2000

NASA; Apollo 11; moon landing; space race; space travel; Saturn V; LOR; lunar orbit rendezvous; nova rocket; space flight; lunar; direct ascent mode; earth orbit rendezvous