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Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA

Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA

Lambright, W. Henry

Paperback

Series: New NASA History

Biographies GeneralGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0801862051
ISBN13: 9780801862052
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Jan 1 2000
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.22
Language: English

From archival evidence and interviews with space agency officials, an in-depth investigation into the relationship between the performance of the American space program and NASA's organizational culture.

When President Kennedy issued his well-known challenge to reach the moon and return safely before the end of the 1960s, the immediate responsibility for undertaking the task fell to 54-year-old NASA director James E. Webb. Eight years later, when the Apollo 11 spacecraft splashed down safely in the Pacific and the screens in NASA's Mission Control at Houston flashed the words Task Accomplished, it was Webb who deserved much of the credit. In Powering Apollo, W. Henry Lambright explores Webb's leadership role in NASA's spectacular success--success that is rare in ambitious government policies and programs.

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