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4 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: Revi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Re: The Space-Age Presidency: A few errors, but interesting to remember what a real president was like, given today's situation. I liked how there were multiple photos from different angles of the same event.

4 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: A da... · 0 replies · +2 points

"Here is an you tube video of Orion’s altitude control motor being tested."

Sure you don't mean "attitude"?

4 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: Don&... · 0 replies · +3 points

I was an engineer at Kennedy on Gemini and Apollo and have more than a passing interest in (and knowledge of) the subject.

After reading the first few chapters of this book, I could not decide if it was a very good humor book or a very poor history book. After finishing it and noting well over 150 obvious errors, I think the latter.

Some of the gems:

Apollo 4 did NOT do a U-turn after launch and head for the ground (pg. 194)
MR-2 and Ham did NOT hit 2,298 miles per SECOND (pg. 149)
Saturn V did NOT use frozen O2 & H2 (pg. 6)
LM ladder temp at touchdown was NOT 2,000 deg (pg. 280)
Apollo 8 did NOT launch in 1948 (it was 1968) (pg. 199)
LH2 is NOT an oxidizer (pg. 97)
Armstrong did NOT log 4,000 hrs in the X-15 (on just 7 flights!) (pg. 53)
escape velocity from Earth is NOT 18,000 mph (pg. 125)
CSM and LM did NOT cost $100K each (pg. 7)
LM descent stage had only had 1 engine, NOT “engines” (pg. 247)
Thor is an ICBM on pg. 113, but downgrades to an IRBM by pg. 117
LM did NOT use hydrogen peroxide for the attitude thrusters (pg. 60, 234)
GET is Ground Elapsed Time, NOT "General" (pg. 84)
NASA's Wallops Island facility is in Virginia, NOT Maryland (pg. 129)

4 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: Revi... · 0 replies · +2 points

Re: Picturing Apollo 11: Several glaring technical errors in the text, but the photos are great.

6 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: Revi... · 0 replies · +3 points

Well,"Genesis" wasn't "very" accurate; I noticed quite a few errors.

6 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: Revi... · 0 replies · +1 points

I enjoyed the early part of the book, then the plot got a tad too far-fetched to be believable.

6 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: &ldq... · 0 replies · +4 points

I watched the launch from Titusville just prior to beginning my job at KSC with Boeing. I read this when the book came out, but it is still exciting to re-live it after 50 years.

6 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: &ldq... · 0 replies · +3 points

To be clear, 501 did not carry a LM.

6 years ago @ The Space Review: essa... - The Space Review: &ldq... · 0 replies · +5 points

We had just arrived in Titusville on 11/8 in advance of my employment with Boeing at KSC. Surprisingly, we got a room in the Howard Johnson motel, 2nd floor and river side, no less. By 6 AM on 11/9, I had my Super 8 movie camera all set up to film the launch, some 12 miles away. Even at full zoom, Apollo 4 was just a small dot. Shortly after she lit off, the motel windows started to rattle. I could not wait to start work.

8 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Ed Byrne: Initiatives ... · 0 replies · +3 points

Thank you.

There is some monstrosity going up at or near the old Holiday Inn that doesn't seem to have ANY windows. Prison, indeed.

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