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Topic: From Laika wih Love: Secret Soviet Gifts to Apollo (Duane "Doc" Graveline)
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ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 1435
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted May 19, 2007 07:26 PM
   
I was recently asked to read a final draft of Duane (Doc) Graveline's latest book, "From Laika With Love: Secret Soviet Gifts to Apollo," which I found remarkably interesting. The book is now with the printers and will, I believe, be available next month. There's also a rather harrowing account in the book of the Apollo 1 fire written by Dr. Fred Kelly, which relates the events and aftermath of that tragic day from a person who was the first to enter the charred spacecraft after the fire had been quelled, and was on the Accident Investigation Board. Anyway, there's a description of the book, a photo of the front and back covers, and my review at this site. |
ColinBurgess
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From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted January 27, 2008 11:25 PM
I've made enquiries about this book with Duane Graveline's agent who has informed me that the book should be available from Amazon at the end of the month. See Doc's website for details.There is a handful of copies available that are signed by both Duane Graveline and Dr. Fred Kelly, available for $20 (free shipping in the U.S., $8 overseas) to any collectSPACE enquirers. If anyone is interested in purchasing one of these dual-signed copies, see Doc's site (linked above). |
albatron
Member Posts: 1964
From: Stuart, Florida, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted January 28, 2008 02:28 PM
Doc gave me one to read also (through my friend Kevin Taylor) - and I highly recommend it.A real insight into the Russian space program from an entirely different perspective, as well. |
medaris
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From: United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted February 07, 2008 01:39 PM
My copy arrived in the UK safely - thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention, Colin. The biometric monitoring account by Duane Graveline is very interesting, as others have noted. I hadn't read anything by Fred Kelly before. I'd known about the previous Russian death associated with 100% oxygen, but not about the US cases he documents of accidents in either high pressure or high oxygen (or both) enviroments. They're probably in the Apollo 1 report, but this was an accessible way to read about them. All in all, it's a very worthwhile little volume. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 1806
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted March 13, 2008 08:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by medaris:
I'd known about the previous Russian death associated with 100% oxygen, but not about the US cases he documents of accidents in either high pressure or high oxygen (or both) environments.
Was one of the incidents he documents the oxygen fire that occurred that same week at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas? Only other mention I read of that was in the Aviation Week issue which covered Apollo 1. |
John Charles
Member Posts: 313
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted March 14, 2008 06:42 AM
Inexplicably, I would have missed this thread completely, had not Francis French pointed me to it. Dr. Graveline's new book sounds like a must-read, especially his discussion of the incidents of chamber fires preceding the Apollo 1 disaster. This topic has interested me for many years. I summarized my research in this area in an article for The Space Review a year ago. Dr. Graveline's work in space flight physiology was one of my inspirations early in my career as a researcher, and his eye-witness accounts of space history are a continuing source of new insights. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 1435
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted March 14, 2008 04:52 PM
It's actually Dr. Fred Kelly writing within Doc Graveline's book who discusses the events surrounding the Apollo 1 tragedy.Here's what I heard back from Doc's agent in regard to the book's availability: The Laika book has been accepted into the Ingram catalog and from there book retailers including Amazon pick it up, but I am advised that it can take up to 6 weeks to get listed on Amazon's site.In the meantime, double signed copies (Dr Graveline and Dr Kelly) from the original printing are still available. There are no plans for them to sign any copies beyond these. A lot of people have already ordered and these are the instructions I am sending out which have worked perfectly so far. These are for signed books only. If anyone wants the unsigned ones which will be discounted from the list price then they'll have to wait until they're on Amazon, etc. To make ordering simple, use the existing online ordering system on Doc's site for his Statin Drugs book. This will automatically total out at $20 each with free shipping the the US - $5 additional to Canada and $8 to the UK and Australia. You can use Visa or Mastercard. So that I can identify the book you want, be sure to type LAIKA in the company name field in the ship to address (this is on the screen where you enter the credit card information). Hope this helps those who want to buy the book. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3054
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted March 23, 2008 02:23 PM
Thanks Colin - I ordered a copy using those instructions. I ordered it on a Friday evening, the book was mailed on the Saturday morning and arrived on Monday! Can't beat that for service. |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 549
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted March 24, 2008 11:28 AM
I also got my copy on Friday using the above instructions, with no problems.Has anyone had a chance to read this yet? Looks like a quick read, but I haven't had the time (holiday and all) to do more than read the first couple pages. I'd like to see some reviews or impressions. |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted June 06, 2008 08:49 AM
Available from amazon.com . |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 769
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted June 06, 2008 05:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by medaris:
I'd known about the previous Russian death associated with 100% oxygen, but not about the US cases he documents of accidents in either high pressure or high oxygen (or both) enviroments.
That's not all - there was around the early 80's an oxygen fire in one of the shuttle EMUs being tested in Conn., I believe. Does anyone remember that one? |
kr4mula
Member Posts: 549
From: Cinci, OH
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted June 09, 2008 01:10 PM
Yeah, I've got the report on that shuttle EMU accident around here somewhere. I believe it actually happened at JSC, if memory serves. A couple of the NASA suit guys still talk about that with a bit of edge in their voice. I'll see if I can dig that report up from my files. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 648
From: Birmingham AL USA
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted April 21, 2012 04:03 PM
Got in touch with Doc Graveline last week (thanks Colin). Bought a signed copy of From Laika with Love from him, nicely inscribed to me. Just started reading it and it is well worth reading. He has copies he will sell signed for $25. including shipping, You can contact him. |
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