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Title: A lasting sting: is justice delayed better than none at all?(Race)
Author: Alan Lavern Bean
Publication: Sojourners (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Sojourners
Volume: 32Issue: 6Page: 18(2)

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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Gemini 11, Gemini 7, Gemini 8, Gemini Digital Computer, Gemini 10, Alan LaVern Bean, Gemini 3, Gemini 4, Gemini 12, Gemini 5, Gemini Agena Target Vehicle, Gemini 2, Clifton Williams, Theodore Freeman, Astronaut Maneuvering Unit, Charles Bassett, Elliot See, Gemini-Raumanzug, Gemini-Raumschiff,. Online finden Sie die kostenlose Aktualisierung der Bücher. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Das Gemini-Programm war nach dem Mercury-Programm das zweite bemannte Raumfahrtprogramm der Vereinigten Staaten. Ziel des Gemini-Programm war das Entwickeln von Verfahrensweisen und Technologien für das Apollo-Programm. In seinem Rahmen fanden 1965 und 1966 zehn bemannte Raumflüge statt, bei denen Astronauten unter anderem die ersten amerikanischen Weltraumausstiege durchführten. Gemini wurde aus der Not geboren, wobei es der NASA möglich war, hieraus eine Tugend zu machen. Nach Einstellung der Mercury-Flüge würde, das war relativ früh klar, eine zeitliche Lücke von drei oder gar vier Jahren bis zum Beginn der Apollo-Missionen klaffen - wertvolle Jahre, die man dringend benötigte, um die erforderlichen Technologien, z.B. Kopplungsmechanismen, Lebenserhaltungssystem, EVA-Anzüge etc., zu erproben. Aus diesem Grund war ursprünglich geplant, das bestehende Mercury-System zu einem zwei Mann fassenden Raumschiff, genannt Mercury Mark II, zu erweitern. Der Vorteil hätte darin gelegen, durch Rückgriff auf vorhandene Technik Entwicklungskosten zu sparen und die Zeit bis zum Beginn des bemannten Apollo-Flugprogramms sinnvoll überbrücken zu können. Die wesentlichen Veränderungen hätten im Einbau eines zweiten Sitzes, der Montage einer leistungsfähigen Manövriereinheit und dem Einsatz einer bereits existierenden Obe...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=1980 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Charles Conrad, Owen Kay Garriott, Paul Joseph Weitz, Alan Lavern Bean, Gerald Paul Carr, Jack Robert Lousma, William Reid Pogue, Edward George Gibson, Joseph Peter Kerwin. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Owen Kay Garriott, Ph.D. (born November 22, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard Skylab in 1973 and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983. He is also the father of Robert Garriott and fellow spacefarer Richard Garriott. Garriott was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He graduated from Enid High School in 1948; received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1953, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and a M.S. and Ph.D from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering in 1957 and 1960, respectively. Completed one year U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Program (1966), receiving qualification as pilot in jet aircraft. He served as electronics officer on active duty in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1956. From 1961 through 1965 he was an Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He performed research and led graduate studies in ionospheric physics after obtaining his doctorate and authored or co-authored more than 45 scientific papers, chapters and one book, principally in areas of the physical sciences. Owen Garriott performs a spacewalk during the Skylab 3 missionIn 1965 he was one of the six Scientist-Astronauts selected by NASA. His first space flight, the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, set a new world record for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double the previous record. Extensive experimental studies of our sun, of earth resources and in various life sciences relating to human adaptation to weightlessness were made. His second space flight was aboard Spacelab-1 in 1983, a multidisciplinary and international mission of 10 days; this was mission STS-9 aboard the space shuttle C...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alan LaVern Bean (* 15. März 1932 in Wheeler, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten) ist ein ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Astronaut. Er war der vierte Mensch auf dem Mond. Alan Bean machte seinen Schulabschluss an der Paschal High School in Fort Worth (Texas). Anschließend studierte er an der Universität of Texas und erlangte 1955 den Ingenieursgrad im Bereich Luftfahrttechnik. Im selben Jahr trat er der US-Marine bei, erwarb seinen Pilotenschein und wurde einer Angriffsstaffel in Jacksonville (Florida) zugeteilt. Nach vierjähriger Dienstzeit besuchte er die Testpilotenschule der Marine und arbeitete schließlich an der Erprobung neuer Flugzeugtypen mit. ... Read more

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Interesting 20 years later...
Having worked at Kennedy on Apollo, I eagerly checked this book out of the library when I saw it listed.

It is very interesting to read what the moonwalkers thought 20 years ago and now 40-ish years after their flights.Their predictions of the promise of shuttle flights, Mars missions, space station operations and return missions to the moon are fascinating.I liked the question and answer format.

As mentioned elsewhere, there are way too many typos and it is obvious that it was transcribed from audio tapes by somebody not very familiar with the space program.On the plus side, only a few technical errors.

Even more interesting 17 years later
The book was written to go with the 20th anniversary of the first landing, and has interviews with 11 of the 12 moonwalkers. Neil Armstrong did not participate, so the authors included excerpts from the public record on Armstrong. Obviously, no book like this can be written today, as some have died. The authors are fortunate to have done this project then, as Jim Irwin was gone before the 25th.

I strongly recommend serious Apollo fans include this in their reading list. Most likely, though, you'll never be able to, as my guess is the book did not sell well and has mostly disappeared. Grab it if you see a copy. The casual space reader would be better served by others in the excellent collection of narratives and autobiographies.

The timing of the book makes for good copy years later. The American glow from the moon landings was long gone, with no follow-up toward permanent work toward the moon. The shuttle had its history of delays, and the Challenger disaster a couple years earlier had prompted re-examination of the role of space and NASA's priorities. The space station was still in the future, and the Soviets were actively working toward a permanent presence in space. Mars looked like a feasible goal that might prompt a serious commitment by now.

The astronauts talk about all of those topics and more, with excellent perspective and their own biases. Their predictions vary widely. There is no mindless optimism - these are serious guys concerned about the future. Many of them offer suggestions for revitalizing the space program and/or what its priorities should be.

The section for each astronaut has some basic bio information and a summary of his role in the space program and what happened in the years since. The bio material about who got what flights reminds the reader of the twists and turns that deviated from the projected crews (e.g., Bean owes his flight to the death of CC Williams). Then it's straight Q&A. Thus, the typical narrative content and weaving of a story is not here, which is what makes this different. What comes through for each astronaut is often what you might have expected. However, there is often a telling detail that I hadn't heard elsewhere.

One point several agreed on is that landing the LM was a lot simpler than night landings on a carrier.

Buzz Aldrin talks about his struggles after returning to earth, his relationship with his father, and re-hashes the decision of who went first. Jim Irwin talks mainly about religious aspects, as does Edgar Mitchell, along with his psychic work that became his focus post-Apollo.

Shepard declines again to say whether he would have overridden the abort on Apollo 14. Mitchell says they would have. Shepard said "The Right Stuff" movie was OK, but "did a disservice to a lot of people" in how they were portrayed. Conrad agrees ("it was terrible"), while liking the book a lot. The thought of Conrad and Tom Wolfe together makes me smile.

Aldrin says he wouldn't trade being on the first (short) mission for one of the last missions with the additional time on the moon, and debunks the story that he gave his second wife a piece of the moon.

Conrad sadly recalls the winding down of his career in NASA ("I would have had a very tough time staying there, living under the damn ground rules by which those guys had to build the Shuttle").

Mitchell's section is the longest and most philosophical, getting into man as a non-linear computer and what happens when a person dies.

Bean recounts the funny story that's in "From the Earth to the Moon" where Conrad says, "Look, I don't want anybody having to take a crap on the moon....". I liked Bean's comments about the crew as a team, and the whole space program as a team. He always comes across as a good guy. Bean also did the illustrations for the book.

Irwin talked a bit about the medical issues on the moon and his problems since then, all the sadder given his early death. Regarding the white "Genesis Rock": "the green rock that we brought back has an approximate age of about a half a billion years older than the white rock. So, really, the green rock should have been called the Genrics Rock, rather than the white one."

Schmitt on the Challenger: "Christa McAuliffe knew exactly what she was doing. She knew what the risks were. The first teacher that went west in covered wagons probably didn't make it either. NASA just didn't know how to handle it."

Scott gets asked a question I had never thought of before this book. What should happen to the landing sites when we go back some day? His interview has an excellent mix of about 90 questions.

In 1989, John Young thought he might get another shuttle flight or two. Never happened. Young also said the best book by an astronaut up to that time was "The Quiet Sun" by Ed Gibson.

Charlie Duke covers his religious conversion and work with Jim Irwin, et al. He and Young claim to have the land speed record on the moon in their excursions with the Rover.

Always-interesting Gene Cernan shines here, too. "100, 200, 300 years from now if you look back at the time it takes between when we first went and when we go back to the moon, even if it's fifty years, it's going to be just a blip in history. So, I'm not bitter because I know it's going to happen."

On a minor note, the book has too many typos for my taste.

P.S. My copy of the book is signed by Shepard, Bean, Cernan and author MacKinnon.

first real look at moonwalkers, and their lives
this was, to my knowledge, the first book done on all 12 moonwalkers,/together, and which tells about the men, their respective missions,and rest of lives,upto late 1980's!what they achieved asastronauts,men, and how they ended upin later life! interesting!

TELLS ABOUT ALL MOONWLKERS
This book tells the reader a little about all 12 men that walked on the Moon, and their reflections of their experience, their lives a little, and how Project Apollo and being an astronaut changed their lives forever! Could read 1000 books like this one, and never get tired of it ... Read more

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This limited edition calendar features the beauty of Space as illustrated by Apollo astronaut Alan Bean. The calendar lists international holidays, moon phases, important dates in Apollo history, and includes a bonus page featuring September–December 2003. ... Read more