John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero of the Apollo Moon Landings
(Part of the Purdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series)
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In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next fourteen months, NASA vigorously debated several options. At first the consensus was to send one big rocket with several astronauts to the moon, land and explore, and then take off and return the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1612496571
ISBN13:9781612496573
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:Purdue University Press
Length:374 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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