Engineering Our Way to the Moon: Untold Apollo Stories
Produktbeskrivelse
A TRW engineers untold story of an extensive two- year NASA activity that established how the many parts of the Apollo ground and onboard Guidance, Navigation and Control systems were used in flying to the moon.Called Apollo Mission Techniques, they provided coordinated guidance for the many individuals involved in systems & software development, pre-flight planning, flight simulations and real time flight operations.For historical context, Soviet moon landing programs are described.Also included - the author's personal adventures back then.Plus: -The Space Race - how and why it started, our embarrassing early efforts-The Soviet programs - their successes, failures, and many 'firsts' - all described. After 'glasnost' we now know it was a real race to the moon.-The American programs - how Gemini data priority problems led to TRW's Mission Techniques effort for NASA - before the tragic Apollo fire.-How Bill Tindall and his 'Tindallgrams' continued that TRW activity to produce a
