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“The early years of America’s human space program: Stories from the men of Mission Control’s Flight Dynamics group: The Trench”
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I enjoyed this book because it tells the stories of many of the men who manned the first row of consoles in the Mission Control Center, which was called the “Trench.” Their individual stories are unique. They came from all walks of life and were mostly in their twenties during Projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
"We were the guys in the Trench: the Retrofire Officer, the Flight Dynamics Officer and the Guidance Officer. We were the ground pilots who tracked the spacecraft, calculated the maneuvers, and told the astronauts what time to burn, what maneuvers to do, and where to…
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