Apollo Mission Control: The Making of a National Historic Landmark (Springer Praxis Books)

La 4ème de couverture indique : This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America's space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions. The book is dedicated to the estimated 3,000 men and women who supported the flights and tells the story from their perspective. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center; those rooms of engineers, analysts and scientists most people never knew about. Some called it a "shrine" and some called it a "cathedral." Now it will be restored to its former glory and soon thousands will be able to view the place where America flew to the moon." La 4ème de couverture indique : This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America's space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions. The book is dedicated to the estimated 3,000 men and women who supported the flights and tells the story from their perspective. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center; those rooms of engineers, analysts and scientists most people never knew about. Some called it a "shrine" and some called it a "cathedral." Now it will be restored to its former glory and soon thousands will be able to view the place where America flew to the moon." This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America?s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents the day the flight control teams walked out after the last lunar landing missions. 00The book is dedicated to the estimated 3,000 men and women who supported the flights and tells the story from their perspective. It describes the rooms of people supporting this control center; those rooms of engineers, analysts and scientists most people never knew about. Some called it a ?shrine? and some called it a ?cathedral.? Now it will be restored to its former glory and soon thousands will be able to view the place where America flew to the moon. 0 Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 1-4 Mission Control Concepts (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 5-7 The Original Mission Control Center (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 8-12 A Control Center for the Future (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 13-25 From Concepts to Reality (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 26-83 The Missions (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 84-120 The People (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 121-151 Abandoned in Place (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 152-156 Restoration (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 157-175 The 50th Anniversary of the First Lunar Landing (Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried)....Pages 176-180 Back Matter ....Pages 181-285