We decided about two hours, about 79 hours, shortening the time to get home again. This was always going to be an automatic burn using the diesel propulsion engine and this burn was very successful. After that the ground was very concerned with power and we were, too. We decided to go into a power down mode, we turned off just about everything and i would like to have jack and fred to tell about our situation. And since no one made a lunar trip before we were looking the way out ways to determine how we could make these corrections moment. The angle of entry is very small. It has to be controlled closely. So at 105 hours they gave us instructions to relight the engine to or geient the spacecr in this manner. When they read up the procedure to us, i could not believe it. I never thought i would have to use something as way out as this. And here was was on apollo 8 using this same thing. It was completed on time and because it was a manual burn we had a three man operation. Jack would te
Explosion on board. The interview is from the Oral History Program at the Johnson Space center. This is the Johnson Space Center Original history project, may 25th, 1999, at the Johnson Space center. When you were a little kid, you saw a rocket go off and you said i want to do that . Is it that simple or that complex . You know, i was interested in rockets and astronomy long before the glenns and the shepherds of the world could spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try and build some rockets. I wanted to be a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. I wrote to the American Rocket Society at that time which is now the aaia or Something Like that, and i said i want to be a rocket engineer, and they wrote back and said you need to go to i. T. Or cal tech, and i couldnt afford either so i got an rotc appointment to wisconsin and then from there i went to the Navel Academy and then i got the flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 195
His grandfather. The great successor is almost certainly the most complete can portrait that we have of kim jongun today. Providing vital insight to the mind and motivations of the young and still mysterious leader. It makes a compelling case for understanding kim as a rational and methodical act around the world stage without diminishing the cruelty of his regime and the dangers it poses. Before moving to china a year ago and japan and korea for the post. Over the course of her career she has reported for more than 20 countries and is visited north korea a dozen times. She was a fellow at the Harvard University studying how change happens in Close Society and last year she received the award from Stanford University for her outstanding reporting on asia. No better person to speak with anna in the Washington Post. Their conversation this morning will be followed by a Panel Discussion about current u. S. Relations with north korea with a noted korean expert in the Washington Post the gr
Is nice to see my friends supporting me and my wife so i hope this is more than just being a friend of mine the you get more out of this is a significant piece of history with the history of human spaceflight. What this book provides is a perspective of the men and women dedicated themselves to pushing the limits of Space Exploration and in doing so, we survey the programs and technology and the aspects that made space travel possible i dont just want to get the astronauts like john glenn that is amazing. Neil armstrong. There is a lot of interesting things i hope but it spans the period of 17833 present. But the book also reveals three definitions of space and that is where i will begin is the definition space because back before we have rockets space was anything off the ground and back in 1783 French Brothers could build the first hot air balloon they lofted to amend for the very first time off of the surface and effectively in space seoul for them not was off the ground that was 3,
To survey those medical aspects and we want to have an Automated System that have made space travel possible. I wanted to try to fold all of this in not just hit the astronauts themselves and neil armstrong. The interesting thing about this book. That is it expands it from 1783 to the present and i know a couple of you are probably saying 1783 what is that relate to space exploration. Im going to sing in on here for my. Three definitions of space. And that is really where im going to begin as a definitions of space. Has back before we had rockets and et cetera space was anything off the ground. And in fact back in 1783 the French Brothers were able to build the first hot air balloon they lofted two meant for the very first time in 1783 off of the service. For them space therefore was off the ground. I would have a hard time doing that on my first flight. The early explorers and i take that from 1783 to about 1920 to 1930. They were very simply those people were writing and thats not mu