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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.454
EAN: 9780387716756
ISBN: 0387716750
Label: Praxis
Manufacturer: Praxis
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: January 08, 2008
Publisher: Praxis
Sales Rank: 103912
Studio: Praxis
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Out of the technological battlefield of World War II came a team of gifted German engineers and designers who developed the vengeance weapon, the V-2, which evolved into the peaceful, powerful Saturn V rocket to take men to the Moon. David Woods tells the exciting story, starting from America’s post war astronautical research facilities, that used the V-2 for the development of the robust, resilient and reliable Saturn V launcher. He describes the initial launches through manned orbital spaceflights, comprehensively detailing each step, including computer configuration, the role of ground control, trajectory planning, lunar orbiting, separation of the lander, walking and working on the Moon, retrieval of the lunar astronauts and returning to Earth in this massive technical accomplishment.
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Rating: - An engaging and valuable book
This book is pitched at the slightly more technical level. So if you're the type of person who likes expanded description, who has a pilot's licence maybe or likes flight simulators, or has mechanical curiosity then you'll find more here on those matters than in the biographical/anecdotal books.
It really is a very satisfying book.
Rating: - Best of the best
I have over 200 books on the early space program and the race to the moon but this book is by far the best and most detailed I have ever read on just how it was done. I couldn't put it down. If you ever wanted to know, for example, what every abort mode meant during launch or why and how the crew made certain burns during the flight, get this book! It takes the reader from liftoff through splashdown explaining in fantastic detail every step of these wonderful voyages. This book is not a techno-geek's ... Read More
Rating: - Great book with a few quirks
First of all, I second all the wonderful things that folks have said about this book in the other reviews.It beautifully fills in the gaps as to what was actually going on, and explains in relatively simple terms how the systems work.An engineer or space enthusiast won't have any problems with the terminology.A less educated reader might be somewhat less able to understand - but then again, they're probably not the target audience, anyway.As someone who spent his teenage years watching Apollo ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent. Remarkable insight into one of Man's greatest accomplishments.
A page-turner for those interested in the mechanics of spaceflight. Even though it records the events of nearly forty years ago, it is still hard to believe that men put their faith in such frail craft; the chances of safely returning from the voyage to the moon were put at no more than 50/50.
What struck me most about this book was the depth of research, and the revelatory nature of some of the material. For example, while I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about the mechanics of Apollo, ... Read More
Rating: - How Apollo Flew to the Moon
Very informative book on the mechanics of getting to the moon in the 1960s; also,contains some very good photos.
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