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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- Narrateur(s): Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Durée: 3 h et 32 min
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Description
The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon.
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.
Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space.
Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable. But this junior engineer was irrepressible. He stood by his concept, fired off memos to executives, and argued that LOR was the only way to success.
For the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, hear the untold story of the man who helped fulfill Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon and begin exploring the final frontier.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Roberta W
- 2023-03-02
Short and interesting
I rather enjoyed this short audiobook, focused on one individual’s contribution to NASA. While most space exploration books spend ages outlying all the surrounding NASA history, this one leaves all that out and tells one very important story. It made it an easy listen and it got to the point quickly. It was inspirational to learn of this man who stood up for what he believed in. It’s the opposite of a whistleblower story (which points outs errors or misconduct), by fighting for an idea. There’s a lesson there for all of us.
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