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Topic: Apollo: The Race To The Moon (Murray, Cox)
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Laura
Member Posts: 23
From: Memphis, TN
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 09-14-2004 08:21 PM
   
Apollo: The Race To The Moon is back in print!Great news for those who have wanted a copy. Out of print for fifteen years, this is the classic account of how the United States got to the moon. It is a book for those who were part of Apollo and want to recapture the experience and for those of a new generation who want to know how it was done. It is an opinion shared by many Apollo veterans. Republished in 2004 with a new Foreword by the authors. - Paperback: 512 pages
- South Mountain Books (September 2004)
- ISBN-10: 0976000806
- ISBN-13: 978-0976000808
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Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 09-15-2004 09:07 AM
I just e-chatted with Charles Murray with whom I have become friendly over the years and congratulated him and wife on the re-launch of "Apollo." I've been after him for years to reprint this most definitive account of the Apollo Program. I heartily recommend it to y'all. |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-15-2004 10:33 AM
I didn't even realize it was out of print -- but given how few people seem to mention it around here, I guess that makes sense -- definitely one of the best books around, particularly its coverage of both the development of the Lunar Module and of the Apollo 13 business. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-15-2004 11:53 AM
This is indeed great news. I have been lucky enough to have a copy of this wonderful book on my shelves for many years, and I encourage everyone here to read it. |
star51L
Member Posts: 340
From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-15-2004 04:36 PM
Great news!! I've about worn out the local library copy, so it will be great to have it on the shelf at home. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 09-17-2004 10:55 AM
I just received my copy from Mr. Murray. I cannot wait to read it. |
Sy Liebergot
Member Posts: 501
From: Pearland, Texas USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 09-17-2004 02:13 PM
Larry, now you can begin another quest to obtain signatures of all the 'stars' in the Murray/Cox book.  |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 09-17-2004 03:03 PM
Sy, you are such a kidder! That project is off to a good start, because the book is signed by the authors.Now I have to chase you down.  |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 12-14-2007 11:42 PM
I decided to read "Apollo" again. Great idea and I agree it is a great book. But I do have a question about a comment they make on pages 337-38 regarding the Apollo 9 mission. They write that "Nine would be flown in a low earth orbit, which, for technical reasons involving both communications and navigation, was more difficult than trying to carry out the same activities on a real lunar mission". Can anyone shed any light on why performing the Apollo 9 mission objectives would be more difficult in LEO? |
Jim
Member Posts: 73
From: San Antonio TX
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-15-2007 12:28 AM
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Originally posted by MCroft04:
Can anyone shed any light on why performing the Apollo 9 mission objectives would be more difficult in LEO?
Purely speculation on my part but the communication problem could have to do with the Earth's curvature and the fact that radio waves tend to travel in a straight line. As to the navigation problems, I'm not sure what that would be. Anyone else have any ideas? |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-16-2007 02:05 AM
Carrying out realtime communications between the spacecraft and Mission Control would have been more difficult due to the gaps in the tracking station coverage. Even early shuttle flights had that problem until the TDRSS satellites were launched.For Apollo 9, NASA would probably have relied on the ARIA (Apollo Range and Instrumentation Aircraft) EC-135Ns to maintain the voice and data links between the spacecraft and Houston. During the lunar flights, those communications would have been routed through the three radio telescope dishes on Earth and one would always have been within line of sight of the moon during a lunar mission. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 12-16-2007 06:56 AM
Sounds logical. As they say in Portugal, Muito obrigado Senhor! |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 12-27-2007 11:53 AM
Hmm, maybe the value of my extra original hardback copy will increase again?  |
Naraht
Member Posts: 232
From: Oxford, UK
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-27-2007 01:19 PM
Here's hoping. My first edition hardback is signed by Sy, Jack Garman and Fred Haise. I should have asked Robert Seamans to sign it at the same time (the MAPLD 2006 conference) but I didn't.
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mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 12-27-2007 05:32 PM
These books are great to have signed. My first edition hardback has been signed by John Aaron, Jerry Bostick, Chris Kraft, Glynn Lunney, Milton Windler, Steven Bales, Sy Liebergot, Gene Kranz, Guenter Wendt, and CAPCOM astronauts Charlie Duke, Jerry Carr, Jack Lousma, and Friendship 7 Back Up Scott Carpenter. And it has also been signed by Charles Murray and Catherine Cox.It is one of my favorite signed books. |
Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-24-2016 07:00 AM
I have just found this tremendous 1989 interview with Charles Murray and his wife regarding their excellent book, which may be of interest to some of you. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 01-24-2016 08:56 AM
Thank you Buel for finding this treasure of a recording. Absolutely enthralling. It is possibly the most important book on Apollo and a delight to hear the authors speaking about it in such a manner. |
Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-24-2016 09:02 AM
I was absolutely delighted to hear Mr Murray speak (at 1.27) so highly of my favourite hero of the whole program, Don Arabian! |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 01-24-2016 03:00 PM
Cool, thanks for posting this. One of the best books on Apollo, hands down - so this interview is of special interest. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-02-2019 11:16 PM
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, I finally got around to reading my 30-year old copy of this book. It really brought the effort to life getting Apollo off the ground and told tremendous stories of the people who made the race to moon a reality after starting with nothing. |
dom
Member Posts: 855
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 07-04-2019 07:25 AM
This is the definitive book on the Apollo programme. I have never read another book that betters it... |
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