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Webb and Apollo 8
On Sat, 14 May 2005 19:45:56 -0500, rk
wrote: The general impression I got from this section, which includes the segment above, was that Webb didn't want the risk on his watch, if I read it correctly. Paine is quoted as saying "he was horrified." Is that an accurate reading? Are there other sources on this decision? ....Murray & Cox claim this, but IIRC Andy C, Gene Kranz, and Chris Kraft also make allusions to this. Sy? If you're reading this, what's your take on this issue? OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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Sy Liebergot "Apollo EECOM: Journey Of A Lifetime" www.apolloeecom.com |
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Sy Liebergot wrote: ...on page 79 of my book, "Apollo EECOM," I have a quote from a 1962 meeting between Webb and JFK in which "he (Webb) didn't feel a Moon landing should be NASA's top priority," to which Kennedy disagreed... Careful here. If you believe Dewar's analysis in "To The End Of The Solar System", there are hidden agendas there, and that conversation shouldn't be taken at face value. Kennedy is trying to get Webb to say that Apollo is NASA's top priority -- specifically, that it has priority over long-lead preparations for *post-Apollo* programs, like development of a nuclear rocket engine. In other words, that it's a one-shot project. Webb is balking, since it was then official Administration policy that Apollo was only the first step of an aggressive long-term space program, and Webb was deeply committed to this. Apollo being only the first step, it can't be allowed to ride roughshod over preparations for later steps. The broad advance into space that Apollo is part of is top priority, but Apollo in isolation is not. -- "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer -- George Herbert | |
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