From the viewpoint that man is destined to expand beyond the Earth, as he has over the Earth, Project Apollo is one of the critical developments in human evolution. It lifted man out of the terrestrial nursery and set him on the road to the stars. It enlarged his habitat by adding to it another world with untapped resources, a world from which he could gain a better view of the universe, its origin and evolution, than ever before. It opened to man the entire solar system.
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Although the twentieth century cannot see any more clearly than could the fifteenth century where voyages to their respective New Worlds would lead, I believe that we can identify the lunar landing as an event in the expansion of our species. Apollo was a spectacular advance in transportation technology, which has been a function of biological and social development of Homo sapiens since the invention of the wheel. The lunar landing was motivated by the traditional pressures which have caused mankind to spread from the place of its origin as a species to the ends of the earth, from deserts to poles. These were the pressures of intraspecific competition and the compulsion to seek and explore, a built-in behavioral characteristic.
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In Appointment on the Moon, Richard S. Lewis traces the story of America's venture in space from its beginnings shortly after World War II, through the Mercury and Gemini projects, and on to the Apollo 11 flight which lifted man out of his terrestrial home and set him on the road to the stars. [from the front matter]
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Appointment on the moon: the full story of Americans in space, from Explorer I to the lunar landing and beyond
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Table of Contents
Prologue.
Operation Backfire
Page 1
Chapter 1.
The Phoenix
Page 5
Chapter 2.
The World-Circling Spaceship
Page 25
Chapter 3.
A Wind between the Worlds
Page 68
Chapter 4.
Project Mercury
Page 100
Chapter 5.
Fireball
Page 129
Chapter 6.
Rendezvous
Page 155
Chapter 7.
Men in Orbit
Page 198
Chapter 8.
Mare Nubium
Page 230
Chapter 9.
No Hiding Place
Page 263
Chapter 10.
The Tall Towers
Page 300
Chapter 11.
Gemini
Page 327
Chapter 12.
Fire in the Cockpit
Page 373
Chapter 13.
Saturn 501: The Big Shot
Page 408
Chapter 14.
Genesis Revisited
Page 434
Chapter 15.
Landfall
Page 463
Epilogue.
Page 540
Reference Notes.
Page 547
Index.
Page 553
Illustrations.
Page 280 ff
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
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