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My 36 Years in Space is a behind-the-scenes view of the exciting career of a pioneer in NASA's manned space programs. It describes the breakthroughs of a young engineer in writing flight software to guide astronauts to the moon, his heart-pounding experience in watching the Apollo 11 launch at the Cape, and his breathtaking moments in NASA's Mission Control Center while Armstrong and Aldrin dealt with computer alarms when they descended to the moon for the first time. His fun-filled relationships with his astronaut neighbors are unique. Kurth's firsthand account of his successful rise to General Manager of the Aerospace Systems Group in the Shuttle and Space Station era contrasts with his sudden fall to the unemployed at age 52. The reader experiences his struggle through the aerospace recession, before pulling himself back up with achievements in the USAF spy satellite programs prior to his retirement with TRW in 1999.

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A great read. Kurth Krause, an American hero, refreshingly takes us down memory lane when we as Americans were so proud of our achievements in space exploration. The True Space Heroes. A truly mesmerizing read. This book presents our space accomplishments from the point of view of the support staff. You won't be able to put this book down! A Thrilling Ride through Space. Wow! What an exciting read. Mr. Krause takes us on an edge of the chair ride through his aerospace career. A fascinating story of a true space pioneer. This account will provide an appreciation of this time in our history that is truly unique. If you have any interest in our space program history, this is a worthwhile read. Every event and launch brought me back to the events playing out in my own life. This is a great read with beautiful pictures placed at exactly the right places to answer my questions immediately. What a great read. Keeps you on edge throughout. Hard to put down. What an amazing ride. I read the book twice. An inside view of the Apollo missions and what it took to get there. A great and thrilling ride. Hard to put down.

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Kurth Krause is a pioneer in manned space programs and a retired aerospace executive. He earned degrees in math and physics at the University of Wisconsin, attended graduate school in astronautical guidance at MIT, and management training at Stanford and UCLA. He was President of the Wisconsin Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi 1961-2. He received awards from NASA, MIT, and TRW for his work on Apollo. He was in the NASA Mission Control Center for the Apollo 11 landing in 1969. He was the General Manager of Intermetrics' Aerospace Systems Systems Group from 1984-93. Accepted into Who's Who in the World in 1997. Kurth resides in Southern California with his wife Sue. They have two children and four grandchildren.

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