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03281aam a2200457 i 4500 001 A790467CA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 003 SILO 005 20200603010033 008 191025s2020 inua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2019048823 020 $a 1557539464 020 $a 9781557539465 035 $a (OCoLC)1111772571 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d IPL $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TL789.85.H68 $b C38 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Causey, William F., $d 1949- $e author. 245 10 $a John Houbolt : $b the unsung hero of the Apollo moon landings / $c William F. Causey. 264 1 $a West Lafayette, Indiana : $b Purdue University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xxiii, 347 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-324) and index. 520 $a "In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next fourteen months, NASA vigorously debated several options. At first the consensus was to send one big rocket with several astronauts to the moon, land and explore, and then take off and return the astronauts to earth in the same vehicle. Another idea involved launching several smaller Saturn V rockets into the earth orbit, where a lander would be assembled and fueled before sending the crew to the moon. But it was a small group of engineers led by John C. Houbolt who came up with the plan that propelled human beings to the moon and back-not only safely, but faster, cheaper, and more reliably. Houbolt and his colleagues called it "lunar orbit rendezvous," or "LOR." At first the LOR idea was ignored, then criticized, and finally dismissed by many senior NASA officials. Nevertheless, the group, under Houbolt's leadership, continued to press the LOR idea, arguing that it was the only way to get men to the moon and back by President Kennedy's deadline. Houbolt persisted, risking his career in the face of overwhelming opposition. This is the story of how John Houbolt convinced NASA to adopt the plan that made history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Houbolt, John C. 610 20 $a Project Apollo (U.S.) 600 17 $a Houbolt, John C. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00387798 610 27 $a Project Apollo (U.S.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00610722 650 0 $a Aerospace engineers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Space flight to the moon $x History. 650 7 $a Aerospace engineers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00798629 650 7 $a Space flight to the moon. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01127716 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Causey, William F., 1949- $t John Houbolt $d West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, 2020. $z 9781557539489 $w (DLC) 2019048824 830 0 $a Purdue studies in aeronautics and astronautics 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220202015152.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A790467CA55F11EAA027EF1497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search