Countdown to a Moon Launch Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey /

• Main Author: Ward, Jonathan H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Software engineering.; Computer-aided engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; History of Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.

Thousands of workers labored at Kennedy Space Center around the clock, seven days a week, for half a year to prepare a mission for the liftoff of Apollo 11. This is the story of what went on during those hectic six months. Countdown to a Moon Launch provides an in-depth look at the carefully choreog...