LEADER 04475nam 22006975 450 001 9910300412103321 005 20200629224123.0 010 $a3-319-17789-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-17789-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000436825 035 $a(EBL)3567455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001525268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11816151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001525268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11486500 035 $a(PQKB)10172486 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-17789-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3567455 035 $a(PPN)186400055 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000436825 100 $a20150626d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRocket Ranch $eThe Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center /$fby Jonathan H. Ward 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 1 $aSpace Exploration 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-17788-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Setting the Stage for Apollo/Saturn 1960-1966 -- The Apollo 1 Fire -- The Spacecraft Assembly and Checkout Facilities -- The VAB and the Mobile Launcher -- The Launch Control Center and Firing Rooms -- Launch Pads 39A and 39B -- Life at the Launch Pad -- Epilogue: The End of an Era.                  . 330 $aJonathan Ward takes the reader deep into the facilities at Kennedy Space Center to describe NASA?s first computer systems used for spacecraft and rocket checkout and explain how tests and launches proceeded. Descriptions of early operations include a harrowing account of the heroic efforts of pad workers during the Apollo 1 fire. A companion to the author?s book Countdown to a Moon Launch: Preparing Apollo for Its Historic Journey, this explores every facet of the facilities that served as the base for the Apollo/Saturn missions. Hundreds of illustrations complement the firsthand accounts of more than 70 Apollo program managers and engineers. The era of the Apollo/Saturn missions was perhaps the most exciting period in American space exploration history. Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center were buzzing with activity. Thousands of workers came to town to build the facilities and launch the missions needed to put an American on the Moon before the end of the decade. Work at KSC involved much more than just launching rockets. It was a place like none other on Earth. Technicians performed intricate operations, and hazards abounded everywhere, including lightning, fire, highly-toxic fuels, snakes, heat, explosives, LOX spills, and even plutonium. The reward for months of 7-day workweeks under intense pressure was witnessing a Saturn V at liftoff. For anyone who ever wished they had worked at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo era, this book is the next best thing. The only thing missing is the smell of rocket fuel in the morning. 410 0$aSpace Exploration 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aHistory 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a620 700 $aWard$b Jonathan H$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0792261 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300412103321 996 $aRocket Ranch$91772329 997 $aUNINA