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Author's preface | ||
Acknowledgements | ||
List of acronyms | ||
1 | A war of ideals | 3 |
2 | Dreaming of space | 19 |
3 | Preparing for war | 30 |
4 | Popularising space flight | 44 |
5 | Defining the frontier | 59 |
6 | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 81 |
7 | Astronauts | 91 |
8 | Operations Division | 113 |
9 | Mercury Spacecraft (Type D) | 131 |
10 | Developing the Mercury Spacecraft | 149 |
11 | Mercury Spacecraft Earth Landing System | 170 |
12 | Launch Escape System | 179 |
13 | Handling the Mercury Spacecraft at Cape Canaveral | 184 |
14 | The Mercury pressure suit | 189 |
15 | Mercury Little Joe | 196 |
16 | Mercury Scout | 201 |
17 | Mercury Redstone | 206 |
18 | Mercury Atlas D | 211 |
19 | The race to be first | 219 |
20 | Sustained effort | 292 |
21 | Scientific experiments | 391 |
22 | Recovering Liberty Bell 7 | 402 |
23 | Project Mercury in retrospect | 407 |
24 | Project Mercury as a first step | 410 |
25 | Alternative paths | 418 |
App. A | Astronauts' biographies | 437 |
App. B | The 'Mercury 13' | 447 |
App. C | Hardward dimensions | 450 |
App. D | How space flight is achieved | 452 |
App. E | The human element | 465 |
App. F: Tables | 473 | |
Bibliography and sources | 477 | |
Index | 481 |
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