by Joseph Green | science, space |
DURING MY THIRTY-ONE YEARS at the Kennedy Space Center I spent six of them working at what was then called Unmanned Launch Operations, or ULO; first for a two-year stint, and later on a four. I did no real work on the first two American manned space programs, Mercury...
by Joseph Green | space |
MY SIGNATURE rests on the Moon. While it contributed nothing to the American space program, I get a lot of personal satisfaction from the above. It came about this way. Shortly before John Young, Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly lifted off on the Apollo 16 mission, many...
by Joseph Green | science, science fiction, space |
ARTHUR C. CLARKE (who died Sir Arthur, after receiving a well-deserved knighthood) was a casual but long-term friend. He often had dinner at the Greenhouse when visiting the Kennedy Space Center. (He also attended the Apollo 11 prelaunch party at the Greenhouse, a...
by Joseph Green | science |
IN MY FECKLESS YOUTH I once made a mathematical mistake, a technical error. Unfortunately, mine became embedded in the public consciousness throughout most of the world, and remains there today. I was reminded of this when reading an on-line European magazine report...
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