Apollo by the Numbers : A Statistical Reference

1st edition stiff wrappers As New quarto viii + 334pp., b/w plates, text ills., appends., bibliog., index, NASA SP-2000-4029. The purpose of this work is to provide researchers, students, and space enthusiasts with a comprehensive reference for facts about Project Apollo, America's effort to put humans in the Moon. Research for this work started in 1988, when the author discovered that, despite the excellent books that focused on the events that highlighted Apollo, there were none that focused on the drama of the numbers. This book is separated into two parts. The first part contains narratives for the Apollo 1 fire and the 11 flown Apollo missions. Included after each narrative is a series of data tables, followed by a comprehensive timeline of events from just before liftoff to just after crew & spacecraft recovery.