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Book SynopsisThe names of the astronauts will forever be inscribed in our history books, but the names of the entire Apollo launch support team at the Kennedy Space Center and the thousands who supported Apollo elsewhere will only be known to a few. It is the technical team, the engineers, analysts, programmers, and yes, even the secretaries and typists who kept the administrative side moving, who are portrayed in this book. This combined team, after achieving an unbelievable goal of putting men on the moon within the 10-year limit set by Kennedy, performed in an exemplary manner. Some believe they were the greatest technological team ever assembled, achieving the most difficult challenge of all mankind to date. The Apollo team faced challenges and temptations like anyone else in the 60’s: divorce, affairs, deaths, three shifts of work schedules, as well as women’s issues, but they also knew how to have fun along the way. Choruses were formed, humorous skits brought laughs to facility dinners, and tennis bets of a lifetime played out on an Apollo stage with human lives on the line, etched with historic backdrops. What was it like to be a part of this history-making event of launching our astronauts to the moon? Fasten your seat belts and journey back to the 60’s for a front-row seat by someone who experienced it all.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Growing Up in Florida
Chapter 2: The Journey
Chapter 3: Early Space Program
Chapter 4: Apollo Begins
Chapter 5: My Life as a Secretary
Chapter 6: I Get Promoted to Writer
Chapter 7: A Time to Sing
Chapter 8: Apollo 10
Chapter 9: I Become a Safety Hazard
Chapter 10: Let’s Slide
Chapter 11: IBM’s Control Center/Apollo 11 Dinner
Chapter 12: The Match
Chapter 13: And Along Came Jack
Chapter 14: Countdown Demonstration Test. . .The Germans Arrive
Chapter 15: IBM. . .Ready for Launch
Chapter 16: Apollo 12 Through 17
Chapter 17: 1975. . .We March
