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In the late 1960s, NASA proposed hardware and mission parameters for an extended Apollo program that never materialized. Decades later, the existence of ice beds at the lunar south pole was discovered by NASA’s space probe Clementine and confirmed by the lunar satellite Lunar Prospector .... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gary Lucas: Mission Commander.
- Diane Lucas: Gary Lucas's wife.
- Charles Shepherd: Lunar Module Pilot.
- Carol Shepherd: Charles Shepherd's wife.
- Vic Kendall: Command Module Pilot.
- Katie Kendall: Vic Kendall's wife
- Bruce Cortney: Capsule Communicator.
- Gene Kranz: Flight Director.
- Jack Lousma: Capsule Communicator.
- Ed Fendel: Communications Officer.
- Henry Hurt: NASA public relations man.
- Bruce McCandless: Capsule Communicator with a calm, soothing tone.
- Robert Gilruth: Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center.
- George Stenner: Director of Grumman's Kennedy Space Center Operations.
- Christopher Kraft: NASA's Director of Flight Operations.
- Jim Lovell: Mission Commander of Apollo 13.
- James Irwin: Lunar Module pilot for Apollo 15.
- Marilyn Lovell: Jim Lovell's wife.
- Thomas Paine: Administrator of NASA.
- Lee Scherer: Director of the Kennedy Space Center.
- Deke Slayton: Mercury Seven astronaut who was grounded by a heart murmur and served as NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations 1963 to 1972.
- Wernher von Braun: German-American rocket scientist, engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Germany and the United States during and after World War II.
- Charlie: Add a description of this character.
- Roger
- Marlow
- Jeff
- Annie
- Gormann
- Joey
- Starlight
- Bob
Quotes edit
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“I wouldn't be surprised if, just a few years from now, there were a computer in every home.”
Robert Gilruth
First Sentence edit
"Yup...it's going to be a good day."
Glossary edit
- sortilege: 1. The drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot. 2. Sorcery; magic.
- oxblood: A deep dull-red color.
- soffit: The underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice.
- cislunar: Pertaining to the space between the earth and the orbit of the moon.
- ablative: Capable of erosion due to the aerodynamic heating for the protective outer surface of a spacecraft or missile, caused by travel at hypersonic speed during reentry through the atmosphere.
- drogue: A small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shane Johnson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1578565480
Page Count: 396
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 1578565480
Page Count: 396
Awards edit
- Christy Award (Finalist, 2003: Futuristic)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3560.O38638 I28 2002
- Dewey: 813.54
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