|
Author
|
Topic: Flight directors, mission controllers memoirs
|
Mike_The_First
Member Posts: 436
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2014
|
posted 10-09-2014 09:24 PM
   
I'm looking for suggestions for memoirs from NASA flight directors or controllers of which I may not be familiar.I know Chris Kraft's "Flight," Gene Kranz's "Failure is Not an Option," and Sy Liebergot's "Apollo EECOM." Any others that you might recommend (or even any others that exist)? |
lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
|
posted 10-09-2014 10:23 PM
An addition to your list is the recent book "From The Trench of Mission Control to the Craters of the Moon."More reading, just haven't read it myself yet... |
RobertB
Member Posts: 160
From: Israel
Registered: Nov 2012
|
posted 10-10-2014 06:18 AM
I liked Below Tranquility Base . Richard Stachurski is an Air Force officer who was not an engineer and found himself working as a network controller. |
Peter downunder
Member Posts: 57
From: Lancefield, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Apr 2012
|
posted 10-11-2014 02:04 AM
You can't beat Murray and Cox's "Apollo: The Race to the Moon." By far one of the very best. One disappointing example for me was John Llewellyn's "From The Trenches of Korea to the Trench in Mission Control." It was more of a pamphlet than a book. After reading of his exploits in Apollo, I guess I got my hopes up a little too high. |
bookcollector
Member Posts: 27
From: North Carolina, US of A
Registered: Aug 2006
|
posted 10-13-2014 12:47 PM
"Apollo Moon Missions, The Unsung Heroes" by Billy Watkins has a chapter on Gerry Griffin.The ISBN is 9780275987022. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
|
posted 10-21-2014 02:55 PM
Add Glynn Lunney's self-published memoir Highways into Space. Haven't read it so I'll leave it to others to review. |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
|
posted 11-12-2017 04:44 AM
I am reading "Go, Flight! The Unsung Heroes of Mission Control, 1965-1992" at the moment, with Sy Liebergot's book next. Has John Aaron written a book and if so what's it called? I don't seem to be able to find any info. Also any other worthy reads from the MOCR that you guys know of please let me know. Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Rick
Member Posts: 379
From: Yadkinville, NC
Registered: Jun 2000
|
posted 11-13-2017 09:42 AM
John Aaron has not written a book, although if and when he does, it would be a fascinating read for obvious reasons.Add to the memoirs already mentioned here, Jerry Bostick's self-published title "The Kid From Golden." |
JBoe
Member Posts: 959
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
|
posted 11-05-2018 04:06 PM
I'm going to the Flight Jacket Night at the National Air and Space Museum in DC for the Gene Kranz lecture, but was wondering which book of his is the best? I'd get one not only to be ready, but to get it autographed. Thanks! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
|
posted 11-05-2018 05:09 PM
While Kranz is certainly mentioned in other books, I believe he only has one title of his own: "Failure is Not an Option." |
JBoe
Member Posts: 959
From: Churchton, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
|
posted 11-05-2018 05:23 PM
Thanks Robert for the recommendation! I've seen the reviews (I know I'm probably the only one who hasn't read it) and looks like a good one! |
advertisement