Rating: Summary: Apollo is Go! Review: This long awaited volume from Apogee book is a fantastic addition to their ongoing series. The level of detail that Mr. Sullivan goes into is incredible. As one who is considered an expert on the apollo program, I found that you could even find out where the velcro patches were in the cabin so that the crew would not lose their equipment while floating around. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to know what made Apollo tick! It gives the reader- for the first time ever a sense of the level of complexity that it took for us to get from the Earth to the Moon-and return safely. I just wish that there was one of the famous Apogee CD's, and a better breakdown between the differences in each spacecraft!
Rating: Summary: Stunning! Review: WOW! This book is a treasure trove of visual information on the Apollo Command and Service Module. Scott Sullivan is a professional engineer who used Pro/E, a high-end mechanical engineering CAD package, to dissect the CSM in astonishing detail. The resulting images are as close as you can get to being on the factory floor at North American Aviation - exploded diagrams of service module intertanks, windows, hatches, docking probe detail, BPC, RCS quads, electrical wiring, and on and on. There are also excellent views of the CM interior from the astronaut's perspective. Think of this as Gray's Anatomy for Apollo junkies.This would be a fantastic resource for an Apollo scratch kit builder! Scott - please make a LEM version!
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