Building the Apollo Capsules: An Engineer's Memoir of the Moonshot Program and Its Debt to Hispanic Team Members

Author:   Jim De La Rosa
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9781476687193


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 October 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jim De La Rosa
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781476687193


ISBN 10:   1476687196
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 October 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. The Apollo Unmanned Capsules and Some Eagle Knights 2. AFRM 009 and the Eagle Knight Lead Engineer 3. The AFRM 009 Control Programmer Team and a New AFRM 009 Mission 4. The Control Programmer 5. AFRM 009 Control Programmer Supervision 6. Finalizing AFRM 009's Control Programmer on Paper Design 7. Control Programmer Initial Tests and Eagle Knight Cruz Mora 8. The Baseline Control Programmer Design 9. Preparing AFRM 009 for Launch 10. The Launch of AFRM 009 11. Mission Control Programmer for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020 12. Final MCP Design for AFRMs 011, 017 and 020 13. Farewell to the Mission Control Programmer 14. The Honeywell Resident Representative Assignment 15. Fulfilling the Honeywell Commitment and More Eagle Knights 16. Returning to Downey and More Eagle Knights 17. A New Assignment and More Eagle Knights 18. The Manned Apollo Capsules and More Eagle Knights 19. Apollo Command Module Problems and More Eagle Knights 20. Manned Apollo First Flight and More Eagle Knights 21. Prelude to a Moon Landing with More Eagle Knights Participating 22. Solving One Last Major Problem Before the Moon Landing 23. We Land on the Moon and a Few More Eagle Knights Epilogue Appendix: Notes Taken During My Support of Apollo 10 Mission—May 1969 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Jim De La Rosa is a retired aerospace engineer living in Tucson, Arizona. He has taught Radar electronics in the Air Force, worked for Hughes Aircraft Company, designed electronic circuits for Airborne Radar systems, designed Flight Control Systems for Guided Missiles at North American Aviation, designed systems for the Apollo capsules that took astronauts to the moon, designed electronic systems to fly the Space Shuttle, designed systems for rockets at The Aerospace Corporation and was a Consultant Engineer.

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