NASASP-4223
"BEFORETHISDECADE
IsOUT..."
PersonalReflectionsontheApolloProgram
Editedby
GlenE.Swanson
TheNASAHistorySeries
_tionaIAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationNASAHistoryOfficeOfficeofPolicYandPlansWashington,DC1999
CONTENTS
Foreword.........................................
iii
Acknowledgments..................................
v
Introduction......................................
ix
Chapter1.Chapter2.Chapter3.Chapter4.Chapter5.Chapter6.Chapter7.Chapter8.Chapter9.Chapter10.Chapter11.Chapter12.Chapter13.Chapter14.
James
E.Webb.........................1ThomasO.Paine.....................15WernhervonBraun....................41RobertR.Gilruth.....................61GeorgeE.Mueller....................101EugeneEKranz......................119ArthurJ.Rogers,Jr....................173JamesH."Hart3'"Guin................191GlynnS.Lunney.....................203GenevaB.Barnes....................223CharlesM.Duke,Jr...................245HarrisonH.Schmitt..................285GeorgeM.Low......................307MaximeA.Faget....................347AnnotatedProjectApolloBibliography................379AbouttheEditor.................................387Index..........................................389TheNASAHistorySeries..........................403
FOREWORD
Asthe20thcenturyendsandweapproachthebeginningofanewmillennium,futuregenerationswilllookbackandrecalltheleav-ingofourhomeplanetasadefiningmomentinthehistoryofhumankind.ThestoryofApollohasbeentoldandretoldmanytimesbythosefortunateenoughtohaveexperiencedspacetravelfirsthand--theastronautsthemselves.ThosewhomanagedtoleavethecradleoftheEarthandwalkuponthesurfaceoftheMoonofferauniqueperspectivesharedfirsthandbyonlyahandfulofpeoplechosentorepresenthumankindintheculminationofthisgreatadventure.Aswereflectonthe30thanniversaryofApollo'sfirstlanding,weshouldnotoverlookotheraccountsofthismonumen-talachievementasofferedbythoserepresentingthehalfamillionpeopleassociatedwiththeprogram.Duringthe1960s,thesepeoplejoinedinanationalefforttobringtocompletionPresidentJohnEKennedy'svisionoflandingAmericansontheMoonandreturningthemsafelytoEarthbeforetheendofthedecade.ForaprojectasmassiveastheApolloprogram,historymaydistanceitselftotheextentwheremoderninterpretationdistillsafeelingthatsucheventstookplacewithoutextensivehumaninvolvement.Nothingcouldbefurtherremovedfromthetruth.Throughtheverbalaccountsofferedbytheoralhistoriessuchaspresentedinthisvolume,wearereintroducedtothecriticalhumanfactorwhichistheessenceofanyhistory.PeoplemadeApollohappenanditisimportanttopreservetheirthoughts,feel-ings,andrecollectionsforfuturegenerations.TheoralhistoriespresentedinthisvolumeofferasampleofwhatNASAhasdonetopreservethestoryofApolloaspartofournation'shumanspace-flightheritage.TheaccountsincludedinthisbookareasmallsamplingofthelargenumberoforalhistoriesthathavebeenconductedundertheauspicesoftheNASAhistoryprogram,sincenearthebegin-ningoftheAgency.TheyalsorepresentthemanypersonalcontributionsmadeduringProjectApollo,thesinglelargest
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