Apollo de Richard W Orloff

Apollo

Autor Richard W Orloff, David M. Harland

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mar 2006

Observăm în lucrarea Apollo o abordare riguros documentată, concepută ca un „sourcebook” esențial pentru înțelegerea arhitecturii tehnice a explorării lunare. Metodologia autorilor Richard W Orloff și David M. Harland se bazează pe o organizare strict cronologică și factuală, menită să ofere o imagine de ansamblu asupra infrastructurii programului, de la facilitățile de sol până la vehiculele de lansare. Structura volumului ghidează cititorul prin etapele de dezvoltare ale rachetelor Saturn I și Saturn IB, oferind detalii despre testele balistice și evaluările scuturilor termice (misiunile AS-201, 202 și 203). Progresia narativă și tehnică este evidentă în cuprins, trecând de la tragedia cabinei Apollo 1 la testele fără echipaj ale modulului lunar (Apollo 5) și culminând cu primele aselenizări. Această ediție din 2006 se concentrează pe fapte brute și date tehnice, completând literatura existentă care pune accent pe aspectele politice sau pe biografiile astronauților. Acoperă aceeași arie tematică precum Chariots for Apollo, însă Apollo se diferențiază printr-o abordare mai sintetică și orientată spre date de referință într-un singur volum. În timp ce Exploring the Moon de David M. Harland se concentrează pe descoperirile geologice și sondele robotice, volumul de față servește drept manual tehnic pentru întregul hardware al programului. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care fiecare capitol integrează concluzii ce demonstrează valoarea adăugată a fiecărei misiuni în atingerea obiectivului final stabilit în 1961.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780387300436
ISBN-10: 0387300430
Pagini: 634
Ilustrații: XXXII, 634 p. 224 illus.
Dimensiuni: 172 x 247 x 30 mm
Greutate: 1.08 kg
Ediția:2006 edition
Editura: Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States

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De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte istoricilor spațiali și jurnaliștilor care au nevoie de o sursă de date verificabile despre programul Apollo. Cititorul câștigă o înțelegere profundă a evoluției tehnice, de la primele rachete Saturn până la complexitatea misiunilor de aselenizare. Este un instrument de referință indispensabil datorită sintezei de date tehnice și a fotografiilor de arhivă care documentează progresul ingineresc american.

Despre autor

Richard W. Orloff este un istoric recunoscut al programului spațial, fiind autorul unor cronologii de referință utilizate frecvent de NASA. David M. Harland este un scriitor prolific în domeniul astronomiei și al istoriei explorării spațiale, cunoscut pentru lucrările sale detaliate publicate în seria Springer Praxis Books, precum Exploring the Moon. Expertiza lor combinată oferă o perspectivă tehnică riguroasă, bazată pe documente oficiale și date de arhivă, transformând volumele lor în lucrări standard de consultare pentru mediul academic și pasionații de aeronautică.

Descriere scurtă

On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a specialized vehicle would accompany the main spacecraft, to make the lunar landing while the mothership remained in lunar orbit. To send these vehicles to the Moon would require the development of an enormous rocket. Development was protracted, but in December 1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a pioneering mission to perform an initial reconnaissance in lunar orbit. When Apollo 17 lifted off from the Moon in December 1972, the program was concluded. Now, at long last, there is a real prospect of a resumption of human exploration of the Moon.
This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and programme-makers on radio and TV. It supplements tha other books that have focused on the politics and management of the Apollo program, the astronauts, and their training and exploits.

Cuprins

Saturn I: Development program 1961–1965.- AS-201: The first flight of the Saturn IB: a CSM on a ballistic arc 26 February 1966.- AS-203: The second flight of the Saturn IB: evaluating the S-IVB 5 July 1966.- AS-202: The third flight of the Saturn IB: testing the CM heat shield 25 August 1966.- Apollo 1: Cabin fire 27 January 1967.- Apollo 4: The first test of the Saturn V 9 November 1967.- Apollo 5: Unmanned test of the LM 22 January 1968.- Apollo 6: The second test of the Saturn V 4 April 1968.- Apollo 7: The first manned mission: testing the CSM in Earth orbit 11–22 October 1968.- Apollo 8: The second manned mission: testing the CSM in lunar orbit 21–27 December 1968.- Apollo 9: The third manned mission: testing the LM in Earth orbit 3–13 March 1969.- Apollo 10: The fourth manned mission: testing the LM in lunar orbit 18–26 May 1969.- Apollo 11: The fifth manned mission: the first lunar landing 16–24 July 1969.- Apollo 12: The sixth manned mission: the second lunar landing 14–24 November 1969.- Apollo 13: The seventh manned mission: in-flight abort 11–17 April 1970.- Apollo 14: The eighth manned mission: the third lunar landing 31 January–9 February 1971.- Apollo 15: The ninth manned mission: the fourth lunar landing 26 July–7 August 1971.- Apollo 16: The tenth manned mission: the fifth lunar landing 16–27 April 1972.- Apollo 17: The eleventh manned mission: the sixth lunar landing 7–19 December 1972.

Recenzii

From the reviews:
"This book, being a source book, sets out the facts of the Apollo program. … At the end of each chapter, text provides conclusions and objectives that demonstrate the value added. As well, chapters finish with a brief selection of relevant black and white photographs. From these, the reader has an excellent ready referral to each of the Apollo missions. … This book is ideal for readers who want a ready reference on the events and timelines of the Apollo missions." (Mark Mortimer, www.universetoday.com, January, 2007)
"This massive 663-page book is an invaluable record of the exact times of all the significant events in the Apollo programme … . A unique feature is that the specific objectives for each flight are carefully listed, with a record of whether or not each was achieved. … historians will get value for money." (Reglnald Turnhill, Astronomy Now, January, 2007)
"Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook is designed to provide a comprehensive reference for facts about Apollo. … the authors turned to original documents, some of which were previously unavailable to the public. This book provides a complete overview of the entire Apollo program including its origins, a detailed narrative about individual missions, tables listing facts and figures for each mission, and a comprehensive statistical reference of the program." (Quest, Vol. 13 (3), 2006)
"A sort of trainspotter’s guide to the Apollo missions, this very useful book brings together extensive facts and figures for each mission … . This truly is the best reference work on Apollo that’s been published to date, and no library of books on Apollo can be complete without this book. It is unreservedly recommended!" (David Maclennan, Liftoff, Issue 238, 2007)
“For those of you with a keen interest in the Apollo Project, this book provides all the facts and figures you could want in one place. … each flight is fully covered and has aset of tables that really do include just about everything you could possibly want to know about that mission from pre-launch through to recovery. So, if you are interested in the details that go beyond the scope of many books about the Moon landings, this is the volume for you.” (M. J. Bowyer, Amazon, October, 2009)
“I have read a number of books on this subject but have never come across one which has such depth of information, facts and figures. … Each of the missions is covered on it time line basis in incredible and often fascinating detail … . If you have an interest in Man’s Greatest endeavour this reference book is an amazing read, its title as ‘the definitive source book’ is well earned.” (W. Pete, Amazon, November, 2010)

Notă biografică

Richard Orloff is a historian of the Apollo program who, in 2000, compiled a review of the Apollo missions, supplemented by a comprehensive tabular statistical reference. This was published by NASA and is now out of print. David Harland is also a space historian who has studied and written extensively about the Apollo program.

Caracteristici

Provides a comprehensive collection of tables listing facts and figures for each mission Gives a comprehensive statistical reference of the program Single-volume sourcebook on the program This complete overview of the entire Apollo program includes its origins, ground facilities and vehicles in addition to the individual missions