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[i]It took four hundred thousand people for NASA to reach the moon, but one was absolutely essential: a soft-spoken, brilliant engineer named George Low. As this detailed, well-written account reveals, from Apollo's very conception to its recovery from tragedy to its historic triumphs, Low was Apollo's essential man.[/i] — Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon [i]George Low is one of the unsung heroes of spaceflight, but there's never been a thorough examination of his life and the important contributions he made to Apollo and other NASA programs. The Ultimate Engineer finally fills this huge gap in human spaceflight history![/i] — Peter King, correspondent for CBS News Radio [i]The real book about NASA and human spaceflight should be about George Low.[/i] — George W. S. Abbey, former director of the Johnson Space Center [i]This Austrian immigrant, a specialist in aerodynamics, proved to be the perfect leader of the Apollo spacecraft engineering team—as well as a key political operator in America's human space programs from Mercury to the Space Shuttle. In "The Ultimate Engineer" Richard Jurek tells Low's unique and inspiring story, filling a huge hole in the history of that effort.[/i] — Michael Cassutt, novelist, screenwriter, and coauthor of "Deke!" and "We Have Capture" [i]George Low was a central figure in one of history's greatest engineering projects—the first human voyages to the moon. Even though Apollo was a team effort, it never would have happened without leaders of great dedication and talent. In this valuable new book, Rich Jurek gives us the first full-length portrait of one of the least-known but most important of these Apollo-era giants.[/i] — Tony Reichhardt, senior editor of Air&Space magazine
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