posted 10-29-2019 12:20 PM               

It's obviously a copy (that's my Mom's handwriting at the top). But is it a copy of a copy (i.e. was the original something that was given out but not really signed)? There are some great (but copied) signatures on this. Any insight is always appreciated!

posted 10-29-2019 02:54 PM               

The first volume, just over 120 pages, was prepared by The Boeing Company for NASA's Launch Vehicle Operations directorate headed by Dr. Hans Gruene (note that his signature is on the cover page of the copy). The other autographs on the copy are that of his boss Dr. Kurt Debus (KSC Center Director), Apollo 11's Launch Director Rocco Petrone from KSC, along with NASA astronauts Alan Shepard, Tom Stafford, Jim McDivitt, and Deke Slayton. Dr. Wernher von Braun is at the top along with Vice President Spiro Agnew.

I've seen two other similar manuals as this, also, even with the same signatures
(most all of them that I can recall). One of the manuals that I examined last year had been signed by the same personnel, but in different positions, as they personally visited and/or worked from LCC's Firing Room 1 on July 16, 1969.