Moon Bound Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Burgess, Colin (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Engineering.; History.; Popular works.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; History of Science.; Popular Science, general.

Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups included the leading figures for NASA's activities for the following two decades. “Moon Bound” complements the author’s recently published work, “Selecting the Mercury Seven” (2011),...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Announcements and volunteers
• Screening the applicants
• The finalists
• The "Next Nine"
• Settling in
• Part II The boy from Barren Run
• Answering the call
• A few exceptionally good men
• The Fourteen
• Patience and Persistence
• "Before this decade is out"
• For some, the glory
• Appendices
• Bibliography
• Index.