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Topic: Apollo simulation supervisor Dick Koos
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tranquility
New Member Posts: 3
From: France
Registered: Nov 2011
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posted 12-20-2011 05:40 AM
  
Does anyone know what happened to Dick Koos, simulation supervisor (SIMSUP) at the time of Apollo?I can't find any trace of him, except the famous story of the last simulation before the launch of Apollo 11. |
tfrielin
Member Posts: 130
From: Athens, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 12-20-2011 09:21 AM
Charles Murray, co-author of "Apollo: The Race to the Moon" would likely know. If you Google his name and American Enterprise Institute you can find his e-mail address. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1050
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-20-2011 05:28 PM
I found Charles Murray Wikipedia article and other articles. I was surprised to find out that his participation to Apollo, which is such a major opus about the subject, is barely mentioned, as if it were a side project to him. Anyone know what got him to collaborate with Catherine Bly Cox? |
canyon42
Member Posts: 152
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-20-2011 07:56 PM
Well, being married to her probably played a part.  |
tfrielin
Member Posts: 130
From: Athens, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 12-21-2011 08:37 AM
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Originally posted by music_space:
Anyone know what got him to collaborate with Catherine Bly Cox?
My interview with Mr. Murry and his wife and co-author will answer your question. |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 457
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 12-21-2011 10:37 AM
Excellent interview. I cherish the time spent with Charles Murray. He and his wife did indeed pen "THE definitive book about how we did Apollo." I still have a chuckle when I recall the look on his face when I showed him the two reels of my Apollo 13 EECOM console audio tapes which had lain in my office desk for 18 years and explained their content. |
J.L
Member Posts: 365
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 12-21-2011 11:12 AM
I agree... fantastic book. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26584
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-21-2011 11:23 AM
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Originally posted by tranquility:
Does anyone know what happened to Dick Koos, simulation supervisor (SIMSUP) at the time of Apollo?
Steph Mineart writes on her website that "Richard Koos is my mom's uncle" in connection with an Air & Space article about Apollo 11. Maybe you could contact her. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1050
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-21-2011 02:48 PM
Excellent interview indeed, Thomas. I like this statement, which I'd never heard:
I sometimes say that the real race to the Moon was not with the Russians. It was with time—would we get to the Moon before NASA became bureaucratized? We barely made it. |
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