On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini
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9781493775910
ON THE SHOULDERS OF TITANS A History of Project Gemini
Foreword
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
I Between Mercury and Apollo
THE BACKGROUND OF RENDEZVOUS
CHALLENGE FROM THE FIELD
MERCURY AS PROLOGUE
NASA AFTER Two YEARS
NASA TEN YEAR PLAN
II The Transmutation of Mercury
NEW DIRECTIONS
STG PLUNGES AHEAD
DIRECT ASCENT VERSUS RENDEZVOUS
THE ADVANCED CAPSULE DESIGN
MODIFICATION OR TRANSMUTATION
A TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE
III From Spacecraft to Project
MORE THAN A SPACECRAFT
FLIGHT MISSION
REACHING FOR THE MOON
MERCURY MARK II BEGINS
THE LAST OBSTACLES
JUSTIFICATION FOR GEMINI
IV Organizing Project Gemini
THE PRIME CONTRACTS
RUNNING THE NEW PROJECT
THE CONTRACTORS GET MOVING
THE PARA GLIDER CONTROVERSY
A QUICK SMOOTH START
V Expansion and Crisis
CHANGING PLANS AND RISING COSTS
SOME FORESEEABLE PROBLEMS AND A SURPRISE
THE BUDGET CRISIS
REPROGRAMMING GEMINI
THE PROSPECT FOR 1963
V I Challenge and Change
BLUE GEMINI
CHAMBERLIN DEPARTS
GEMINI REGROUPS
ATTACKING PARAGLIDER AND TITANIIl PROBLEMS
A CLOUDED FUTURE
V I I The Darkest Hour
TIT AN II IN JEOPARDY
PARAGLIDER ON THE WANE
SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS BECOME MORE TROUBLESOME
A NEW HEADACHE
SIL VER LININGS
V I I I Gemini Rising
TITAN II MAKES THE GRADE, BUT NOT PARAGLIDER
MONEY AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AGAIN
A SET OF BREAKTHROUGHS
Tow ARD GEMINI-TIT AN 1
TIGHTENING LAUNCH SCHEDULES
I X A Taste of Success
THE FIRST FLIGHT
POSTSCRIPTS AND PROSPECTS
GLV-2 AND THE ELEMENTS
SETBACK AND SUCCESS
DOWN TO THE WIRE
A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
X The Last Hurdle
THE MEN FOR GEMINI 3
THE MACHINES FOR GEMINI 3
PLANS FOR GEMINI 3
MANEUVERS OF "MOLLY BROWN"
X I Pillars of Confidence
FOUR DAYS AND A "WALK"
PRELUDE TO GEMINI V
THE COVERED WAGON
X I I "Spirit of '76"
"No JOY, No JOY"
THE VII/VI-A DECISION
SUITCASE FOR A FORTNIGHT
Two WEEKS IN A SPACECRAFT
Go BACK TO "Go"
THE VISITORS
THE HOME STRETCH
X I I I Agena on Trial
SICKNESS TO HEALTH
AN ALTERNATIVE TARGET
EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY PREPARATIONS
MISSION PLANNING COMES OF AGE
THE WHIRLIGIG
AGENA'S SOLO
X I V Charting New Space Lanes
TRAGEDY
THE WHAT AND How DEBATES
PREP ARA TIO NS FOR GEMINI IX
ATTEMPTED LAUNCHES
AN ANGRY ALLIGATOR
LA YING NEW TRACKS
THE SWITCH ENGINE
XV The Final Curtain
PLOTTING THE WAY UP
A HIGH RIDE
THE EV A REVIEW BOARD
THE FINALE
SUMMING UP
GEMINI EARTH PHOTOGRAPHS An Epilogue
GEOLOGY
OCEANOGRAPHY
WEATHER
WATER RESOURCES
SOURCE NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, APPENDIXES, AND INDEX
Source Notes
Bibliographical Note
People Interviewed
Appendix A Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Appendix B Flight Data Summary
Appendix C Astronaut Flight Assignments
Appendix D
Appendix E Costs
Appendix F Worldwide Tracking Network
Appendix G Department of Defense Support
Index
THE AUTHORS
NASA HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS
HISTORIES
REFERENCE WORKS
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