READING ASSIGNMENTS

"ASTRONAUTICS BOOK 2. THE MOON AND TOWARD THE FUTURE"
Ted Spitzmiller

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POLITICAL AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS

20 - Before This Decade is Out (pages 245-251)
A Change on Leadership (pp 245-246)
Searching for an Alternative (pp 246-250)
Land a Man Safely on the Moon (pp 250-251)
Lingering Thoughts (pp 251-252)

21 - Rendezvous: Key to the Moon (pages 253-261)
Orbital Union (p 253) [exammine Figure 17, p254]
Mercury II (p 255)
Titan II: A More Capable Launch Vehicle (p 256)
Evolution of Gemini (pp 257-260)
Figure 18. Second Genration Manned Vehicles, p261

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STEPS TO THE MOON: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

23 - Building the Super Booster (selected pages 271-290)
The introduction (p 271)
The von Braun Team (p 271)
Selecting a Path to the Moon (pp 276-278)
N1: Korolev's Giant (pp280-282)
Saturn V Takes Shape (pp 284-286)
All Up Testing (p 287)
Figure 19: Soviet and American Boosters 1966 (p 288)
Figure 20: The Super Boosters (p 289)
Figure 21: The Saturn V Apollo Configuration (p 290)

24 - The Soviets Cede the Lead (selected pages 291-310)
Voskhod II: A Walk in Space (pp 293-296)
Gemini III: Space Twins in Orbit (pp 296-298)
Gemini IV: America's First Walk in Space (pp 298-299)
Gemini V: Fuel Cell Problems (pp 299-301)
Spirit of 76: Courage on Pad 19 (pp 301-303)
The Untimely Demsise of the Chief Designer (pp 303-304)
Gemini VIII: Emergency in Space (pp 305-306)
Gemini IX: The Angry Alligator (pp 306-307)
Gemini X: Firing the Agena (pp 307-308)
Gemini XI: M=1 Rendezvous (p 308)
Gemini XII: All Objectives Accomplished (pp 308-309)
Figure 22: Gemini Voskhod Comparison (p 310)

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