PROJECT APOLLO - The Tough Decisions

By Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Monographs in Aerospace History No. 37

SP-2005-4537, 2005, 174p, Hard Cover, $45.00

Introduction (excerpt)

The general manager, from 1 September 1960 to 5 January 1968. I’ve outlined chronologically and in detail the steps taken from the early Mercury days, through the operational tests conducted with Gemini, to the qualification of Apollo, all against a backdrop of Soviet missions. A chapter on NASA management during my tenure follows. Then, in the final two chapters, the U.S. manned circumlunar and lunar landing missions are compared with Soviet attempts. I’ve also included a few thoughts on President Bush’s Vision for Space Exploration.  Throughout, I have tried to describe the key technical, operational, and management milestones and how key issues in each phase of the space program were resolved.

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