W. David Woods, How Apollo Flew to the Moon
English | Jan 8, 2008 | ISBN: 0387716750 | 432 Pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | Jan 8, 2008 | ISBN: 0387716750 | 432 Pages | PDF | 7 MB
Out of the technological battlefield of World War II came a team of gifted German engineers and designers who developed the vengeance weapon, the V-2, which evolved into the peaceful, powerful Saturn V rocket to take men to the Moon. David Woods tells the exciting story, starting from America’s post war astronautical research facilities, that used the V-2 for the development of the robust, resilient and reliable Saturn V launcher. He describes the initial launches through manned orbital spaceflights, comprehensively detailing each step, including computer configuration, the role of ground control, trajectory planning, lunar orbiting,…