Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis

by Roger D. Launius

Table of Contents

Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. The Kennedy Perspective on Space
  3. The Soviet Challenge Renewed
  4. Reevaluating NASA’s Priorities
  5. The NASA Position
  6. Decision
  7. An Assessment of the Decision
  8. Gearing Up for Project Apollo
  9. The Program Management Concept
  10. How Do We Go to the Moon?
  11. Prelude to Apollo: Mercury
  12. Bridging the Technological Gap: From Gemini to Apollo
  13. Satellite Support of Apollo
  14. Building Saturn
  15. The Apollo Spacecraft
  16. The Lunar Module
  17. Trips to the Moon
  18. A Meaning for Apollo