The astronaut maker : how one mysterious engineer ran human spaceflight for a generation / Michael Cassutt.

By:

Cassutt, Michael (Michael Joseph), 1954-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: [Chicago, Illinois] : Chicago Review Press 2018Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 460 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781613737002 (hardback)
1613737009 (hardback)

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Astronaut makerDDC classification:

629.4092

LOC classification:

TL 789.85 C345a 2018

Contents:

Part I: "Don't send me there" October sky The Abbeys Annapolis Air Force Dyna-Soar Boeing Part II: "Before this decade is out" Destination: Moon North American Aviation Houston and the Manned Spacecraft Center Astronaut Abbey The Phillips Report Flight Countdown Ashes Commitment From the Earth to the Moon Challenge One week in August Part III: "The quintessential staffer" Mission accomplished Apollo 13 Stability Gravity The Space Shuttle The Soviets Skylab The Ace Moving Company Apollo-Soyuz Part IV: "Ten consecutive miracles followed by an Act of God" The right stuff The next generation Approach and landing Thirty-five new guys Problems Those other astronauts STS-1 Part V: "Go at throttle up" The used spaceship Operational flight Frequent flying 1984 The breaking point The day the Earth stood still Recovery Marooned Part VI: "A national quasi-emergency" PEPCON The Space Exploration Initiative Synthesis Space Council Dan Goldin Space cowboys Redesign Hubble rescue A space odyssey Return to the JSC Part VII: "Together to the stars " A new direction The total equation Crises on Mir First element End game The journey continues

Summary: "One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center ("mission control"), Abbey's story has never been fully told--until now. This fascinating account takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power and wielded it out of the spotlight. Informed by countless hours of interviews with Abbey and his family, friends, adversaries, and former colleagues, The Astronaut Maker is the ultimate insider's account of ambition and power politics at NASA"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-439) and index.

Part I: "Don't send me there"
October sky
The Abbeys
Annapolis
Air Force
Dyna-Soar
Boeing
Part II: "Before this decade is out"
Destination: Moon
North American Aviation
Houston and the Manned Spacecraft Center
Astronaut Abbey
The Phillips Report
Flight
Countdown
Ashes
Commitment
From the Earth to the Moon
Challenge
One week in August
Part III: "The quintessential staffer"
Mission accomplished
Apollo 13
Stability
Gravity
The Space Shuttle
The Soviets
Skylab
The Ace Moving Company
Apollo-Soyuz
Part IV: "Ten consecutive miracles followed by an Act of God"
The right stuff
The next generation
Approach and landing
Thirty-five new guys
Problems
Those other astronauts
STS-1
Part V: "Go at throttle up"
The used spaceship
Operational flight
Frequent flying
1984
The breaking point
The day the Earth stood still
Recovery
Marooned
Part VI: "A national quasi-emergency"
PEPCON
The Space Exploration Initiative
Synthesis
Space Council
Dan Goldin
Space cowboys
Redesign
Hubble rescue
A space odyssey
Return to the JSC
Part VII: "Together to the stars "
A new direction
The total equation
Crises on Mir
First element
End game
The journey continues

"One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA's history, George W. S. Abbey was called "the Dark Lord," "the Godfather," and "UNO" (unidentified NASA official) by those within NASA. From young pilot and wannabe astronaut to engineer, bureaucrat, and finally director of the Johnson Space Center ("mission control"), Abbey's story has never been fully told--until now. This fascinating account takes readers inside NASA to learn the real story of how Abbey rose to power and wielded it out of the spotlight. Informed by countless hours of interviews with Abbey and his family, friends, adversaries, and former colleagues, The Astronaut Maker is the ultimate insider's account of ambition and power politics at NASA"-- Provided by publisher.

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