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Lee B. James was the manager of the Saturn Program Office in Program Management, Marshall Space Flight Center . A retired Army Colonel, he was ... manager of the Saturn I and IB program. For a year he served in NASA Headquarters as deputy to the Apollo Program manager. He returned in 1968 to manage the Saturn V program ...

Readers will gain a unique insight into the manufacturing, testing and associated problems of the Saturn I /IB rockets. Readers will have reference access to statistical data unavailable anywhere else, such as ...

... of the complete Saturn stage and engines activities from the early 1960s to the conclusion of the program in the mid 1970s. Bonus DVD-V includes rare film footage. "I'm extremely pleased with your latest publication that I recently purchased: 'SATURN V'. An excellent bImage:9781926592145.jpg '''Buy This Book ...

... didn’t have any problems. That’s all I can think of. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' What did you learn from the first mission, from Alan B. Shepard Jr. ’s mission? '''Kehlet:''' Well, that was kind of interesting. Alan wanted a parachute, and I kept telling him, “Why do you want ... was just the story of Mercury, how the configuration evolved. That’s about what I remember. I think I have a copy of it somewhere hidden in boxes someplace. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' That would ...

... , it was a place to take them, particularly the first suborbitals, of Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil I. Gus Grissom's flights. That is also where we would take them for ... : M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. “Deke” Slayton ? '''O'Hara:''' Well, in ... easy transition. '''Wright:''' Did you find your pace slowed down? '''O'Hara:''' Laughs At first I couldn’t believe they operated like this. Nobody was running around and checking their watches ...

... :''' Yes. Ted Rumsey, or Charles B. Rumsey, who took me under his wing. It was he who really showed me how to do very basics, and I credit him for that. And ... a sentence. But we ate lunch together every day, he and another man and I. I got so I knew what he was saying or going to say or didn't say. Frightening ... 's okay with you. '''Lee:''' Certainly. '''Wright:''' Do you have anything? '''Johnson:''' Probably lots, but I don't want to waste all your time. Laughter '''Lee:''' This is quite a compliment ...

... H. Glenn Jr. flew his Mercury mission, and I stood out in a misty rain on Pennsylvania Avenue, watching him and Lyndon B. Johnson drive down Pennsylvania Avenue in their parade that Washington, D.C., gave to welcome him. I went back into my office and called ... you handling basically correspondence, just follow-up correspondence? '''Barnes:''' On that mission, on that trip, I was just handling follow-up correspondence, thank-you letters and helping the State Department with ...

... . '''Fendell:''' Right. '''Rusnak:''' Do you remember anything else from that mission specifically? '''Fendell:''' Seven? '''Rusnak:''' I know there were some issues between the crew and flight control. '''Fendell:''' Yes, if you ... Director of Flight Ops. I also, unknown to me, had come in and had locked my keys in the car. So we got in there, and Gary B. Scott, who worked for ... Apollo 14 you've got Al Alan B. Shepard Jr. heading up the next successful mission. Any particular memories of him? '''Fendell:''' Well, Al and I were pretty good friends. Okay? And ...

... participated in these high level discussions, except a foray into Pugwash and government advisory mechanisms, I have been a "bird on the perch" watching the machinations. It is this experience that ... appears deceptively appealing, but the track record is not there to justify actually doing so. ''' I have declared above that we shouldn't get a grade on our performance with Major ... others can't see, and stimulate action where otherwise there would be no action. ''' Hylan B. Lyon About the Author ''' Extracted from the book ''Beyond Earth - The Future of Humans in ...

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