| Title | : | How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions: Apogee Books Space Series 46 |
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| ISBN | : | 1894959078 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781894959070 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 |
| Publication | : | First published August 1, 2004 |
NASA learned to fly in space in a time when the agency was young and lean, and had an explicit mandate of staggering audacity set against a tight deadline. Apollo claimed the glory, but it was Gemini that stretched the envelope of space flight to make going to the Moon feasible.
How NASA Learned to Fly in Space: An Exciting Account of the Gemini Missions: Apogee Books Space Series 46 Reviews
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At the beginning of the space race that challenge was to be the first, but those first astronauts and cosmonauts were more spectators than pilots. How do you get two spaceships launched at different times to rendezvous in space? The book gives a glimpse into the history and people the solved that seemingly innocent question. Though the Gemini program is not well remembered it was crucial to the later success of the Apollo program which counted on rendezvous to solve the problem of weight for landing a man on the moon. This is a mildly technical book which describes some of the physicals of orbital flight including the counter intuitive "slow down to speed up".
