“Unlocking the Secrets of the Moon: The Ingenious Strategies That Made NASA’s Historic Landing Possible”
Given the success and cultural impact of the Apollo missions, it is easy to forget that the Race to the Moon was, well, a race – one with one other competitor: the Soviet Union. As was often the case throughout the Space Race, the Soviet approach to landing on the moon was in many ways similar to NASA’s but in other ways very, very different. But that, dear viewers, is a subject for another video.
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Apollo Direct 2-Man, Encyclopedia Astronautica, http://www.astronautix.com/a/apollodirect2-man.html
Text of John Houbolt’s Letter Proposing Lunar Orbit rendezvous for Apollo? Space Exploration Stack Exchange, https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/2823/text-of-john-houbolts-letter-proposing-lunar-orbit-rendezvous-for-apollo
John C. Houbolt, NASA, https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/john-c-houbolt/
Neuman, Scott, Meet John Houbolt: He Figured Out How to Go to the Moon, But few Were Listening, NPR, July 18, 2019, https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/739934923/meet-john-houbolt-he-figured-out-how-to-go-to-the-moon-but-few-were-listening
Apollo LM, Encyclopedia Astronautica, http://www.astronautix.com/a/apollolm.html
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