Project Apollo the Tough Decisions: Monographs in Aerospace History Number 37 - Softcover
The report reviews the major Mercury and then Gemini precursors for the Apollo mission program and its development and mission sequence. But, very importantly, it describes the major and often complex deliberations that encouraged inputs from the broad range of informed internal Agency individuals in order to arrive at the resulting actions taken; it recognizes differences among their various views, including even sensitivities within the leadership of the Agency, and it acknowledges NASA's relationships with the President and key executive branch personnel, as well as the very important and often complex relationships with members of Congress. The process of writing this book was searching and comprehensive. The achievement of the world's first manned lunar landings, after the earlier Mercury and Gemini programs played catch-up to match the Soviet Union's advanced position, clearly established the United States' preeminence in space. Early in the book, Bob describes an extended meeting in the White House in which the President's views and those of Mr. Webb were seriously discussed. Bob tells how, through Apollo's lunar landing, NASA clearly met both President Kennedy's goal to overcome the Soviets' leadership image and James Webb's goal to use Apollo as a major part of his program to demonstrate U.S. technological preeminence. Monographs in Aerospace History Number 37. NASA SP-2005-4537
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Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., was born on 30 October 1918 in Salem, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering at Harvard University in 1939, a master of science degree in aeronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1942, and a doctor of science degree in instrumentation from MIT in 1951. From 1941 to 1955, he held teaching and project positions at MIT, during which time he worked on aeronautical problems, including instrumentation and control of airplanes and missiles. Dr. Seamans joined RCA in 1955 as manager of the Airborne Systems Laboratory and chief systems engineer of the AirborneSystems Department. From 1948 to 1958, Dr. Seamans also served on technical committees of NASA’s predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. In 1960, Dr. Seamans joined NASA as Associate Administrator, part of the top management “Triad” with Hugh Dryden and James Webb. In 1965, he became Deputy Administrator, retaining many of the general management-type responsibilities of the Associate Administrator and also serving as Acting Administrator. In January 1968, he resigned from NASA to become a visiting professor at MIT. He was named Secretary of the United States Air Force in 1969, serving until 1973. Dr. Seamans was also president of the National Academy of Engineering from May 1973 to December 1974, when he became the first administrator of the new Energy Research and Development Administration. He returned to MIT in 1977, becoming dean of its School of Engineering in 1978. He has served on many prestigious blue ribbon commissions since then. Dr. Seamans and his wife, Eugenia A. “Gene” Merrill, have 5 children and 12 grandchildren.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1470032937
- ISBN 13 9781470032937
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages172
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