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Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations By Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty Go to the Table of Contents. The NASA History Series NASA SP-4204 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Office Washington, DC Published 1978 Acknowledgment: Special thanks to David Woods for scanning and proofreading Moonport, and formatting it for use on the World Wide Web. HTML revised: December 5, 1996 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations By Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty. Published as NASA Special Publication-4204 in the NASA History Series, 1978. Table of Contents Library of Congress Card Catalog l Foreword Preface Chapter 1 - The First Steps m Genesis of the Saturn Program n A Saturn Launch Site n The Making of "the Cape" n Building a Launch Complex n Missions for Saturn n A Marriage of Convenience n Upper Stages n Chapter 2 - Launch Complex 34 m The Director n Conversations with the Air Force n Writing the Criteria Book n Problems in Designs n A Service Structure for Saturn n A Money Transfusion n The Ground Support Equipment n Labor Difficulties n Chapter 3 - Launching the First Saturn I Booster m The Magnitude of the Task n The Leadership n The Test Catalog for SA-1 n The Saturn Goes Sailing n Beginning the Checkout n The Launch of the SA-1 n Chapter 4 - Origins of the Mobile Moonport m Ambitious Plans and Limited Space n Offshore Launch Facilities n Texas Tower vs. Landfill n The Mobile Launch Concept n The Mobile Concept - Initial Studies n NASA Plans for a Lunar Landing n The FLeming Committee n Debus-Davis Study n Debus-Davis Report - Launch Concept n Chapter 5 - Acquiring a Launch Site m Hazards Board Recommends Merritt Island n A New Home in Georgia? n Organizing for the Debus-Davis Study n Recommending a Launch Site n The Questions Begin n The Webb-Gilpatric Agreement n Merritt Island Purchase n The Titan III Problem n Congress Says NASA n A New Agreement n Land, Lots of Land - Much of It Marshy n Chapter 6 - LC-39 Plans Take Shape m Rapidly Evolving Hardware n The Mobile Launch Plan Comes Under Fire n A Trip by Barge or a Trip by Rail n The Crawler Makes Its Debut n Plans for a VAB n The Mobile Launch Concept - Debate and Approval n Chapter 7 - The Launch Directorate Becomes an Operational Center m Growing Responsibilities at the Cape n The Argument for Independent Status n New Captains at the Cape n Organizing the Launch Operations Center n "Grand Fenwick" Overtakes the U.S. and U.S.S.R. n Mid-1963: A Time of Reappraisal n Kennedy's Last Visit n Washington Redraws Management Lines n Data Management n Chapter 8 - Funding the Project m The Budgetary Process n Fiscal 1963 n Subcommittee Hearings at the Cape n Progress in Washington n Updating LC-39 Requirements n The Fiscal 1964 Program n "What Is It Going to Cost?" n Chapter 9 - Apollo Integration m An Integration Role for General Electric? n Intercenter Panels n New Contractors with New Roles n Relations with Marshall Space Flight Center n Relations with Manned Spacecraft Center n Range Safety n Summary n Chapter 10 - Saturn I Launches (1962 - 1965) m Testing the Booster n A Second Saturn Launch Complex - LC-37 n The Troubled Lauching of SA-5, January 1964 n The Cracked Sleeves n All's Well That Ends Well n The Remaining Block II Launches, SA-6 - SA-10 n Chapter 11 - Ground Plans for Outer Space Ventures m The Task n URSAM Makes Its Debut n URSAM and the Design Contract n Design Problems - VAB n Launch Control Center Design n Design of the Crawlerway n Flame Deflector and Launch Pads n Plans for the Industrial Area n Design of the Central Instrumentation Facility n Selection of MILA Support Contracts n Chapter 12 - From Designs to Structures m Making Big Sandpiles n NASA Declares War - On Mosquitoes n Contracting for the VAB and the LCC n Laying the Foundations n Structural Steel and General Construction n Cleo and Dora Visit the Cape n VAB Nears Completion n Construction in the Industrial Area n Ceremonies at Completion n Chapter 13 - New Devices for New Deeds m The Crawler-Transporter n Building a New King of the Road n The Swing-Arm Controversy n Hold-Down Arms and Tail Service Masts n Launch Pads n From Arming Tower to Mobile Service Structure n Lightning Protection for Apollo Launch Operations n Flame Deflectors n Chapter 14 - Socio-Economic Problems on the Space Coast m Labor Problems at the Missile Center n The Center's Labor Policy n A Spring and Summer of Strikes n The Spaceport's Impact on Local Communities n Familial and Personal Tensions n Chapter 15 - Putting It All Together: LC-39 Site Activation m The Site Activation Board n Site Activation Working Groups n Interface Control Documentation n 500-F - A Dress Rehearsal n The Crawler-Transporters Begin to Crawl n For Want of a Bearing n "Negative Slack" in "Critical Paths" n 500-F Up and Out n Lack of Oxygen Slows Apollo n Management by Embarrassment n Chapter 16 - Automating Launch Operations m Origins of Saturn Automated Checkout n Saturn I-IB Computer Complex n Saturn V Computer Complex n The Transition to Automation n Automating Telemetry Operation n Automatic Checkout for the Spacecraft n Spacecraft Checkout n Chapter 17 - Launching the Saturn 1B m Remodelling LC-34 for Bigger Things n LC-34 Wet Tests n The Apollo-Saturn 1B Space Vehicle n The Troubled checkout of AS-201 n The 201 Launch n A Reorganization n More launches of the Saturn 1B n Chapter 18 - The Fire That Seared the Spaceport m Introduction n Predictions of Trouble n The Spacecraft Comes to KSC n The Hunches of Tom Baron n Disaster at Pad 34 n The Review Board n Congress Investigates n Reaction at KSC n The Boeing-TIE Contract n Chapter 19 - The Trial Run m The Significance of AS-501 n The Parts of AS-501 n Delay after Delay after Delay n The Tests n More Delays for AS-501 n The Launch of Apollo 4 n Press, VIPs, Tourists, Dependents n KSC Learns about Government Accounting n Chapter 20 - Man on Apollo m Two More Trial Flights - Apollo 5 and 6 n Apollo 6 - A "Less Than Perfect" Mission n Two Engines Out but Still Running n Apollo Astronauts at KSC n Apollo 7 Operations n Apollo 8 Launch Operations - Early Uncertainties n Lunar Module Problems and Another Change of Mission n Launch Countdown for Men on Saturn V n Apollo 8 - A Christmas Gift n Chapter 21 - Success m The Launch Complex Becomes "Operational" n The Slowest Part of the Trip n The Launch of Apollo 9 n The Contractors Receive Their Due n Changes in the Telemetry n At Long Last n "Eagle Has Landed" n Chapter 22 - A Slower Pace: Apollo 12 - 14 m Introduction n Lightning Strikes n Whys and Wherefores of Lightning n Apollo 13 Launch Operations n A Case of Measles n A Fragile Lifeboat n Apollo 14 Launch Operations n Pruning the Apollo Program n The Impact of the Apollo Slowdown on KSC n Chapter 23 - Extended Lunar Exploration: Apollo 15 - 17 n A Change of Course for Apollo n Interfaces with the First SIM n The Moon Gets an Automobile n Lunar Module Problems and More Lightning n Apollo 16 Operations n Spacecraft Storage n Apollo 17 Launch Operations n Chapter 24 - Five Years After n Appendix A: Launches of Saturn 1B and Saturn V m Appendix B: Launch Complex 39 m Appendices C-E m Bibliography m Overview n Books n Journal Articles n Congressional Documents n Conference Papers n Technical Reports n Interviews n The Authors n Updated September 26, 2000 Roger D. Launius, NASA Chief Historian Steve Garber, NASA History Web Curator For further information E-mail [email protected] Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Benson, Charles D. Moonport. (The NASA history series) (NASA SP ; 4204) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. John F. Kennedy Space Center-History. I. Faherty, William Barnaby, 1914- joint author. II. Title. III. Series: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The NASA History series IV. Series: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA SP ; 4204. TL4027. F52J635 629.47 '8'0975927 77-29118 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 (paper cover ) Stock No. 033-000-00740-0/Catatog No. NAS 1.21:4204 Table of Contents Next Page
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