Table of Contents

Illustrations Introduction to the Dover Editors Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements 1. October 1957 2. The Commitment to Space 3. Houston - Texas - U.S.A 4. Human Dimensions 5. Gemini: On Managing Spaceflight 6. The NASA Family 7. Precious Human Cargo 8. A Contractual Relationship 9. The Flight of Apollo 10. "After Apollo, What Next?" 11. Skylab to Shuttle 12. Lead Center 13. Space Business and JSC 14. Aspects of Shuttle Development 15. The Shuttle Work 16. New Initiatives 17. Space Station Earth Epilogue MSC/JSC Directors Reference Notes Index

About the Author

Professor Emeritus of History at Texas A&M University, Henry Clay Dethloff has written more than two dozen books on subjects ranging from agriculture to business.