October 18, 2017 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Note that it is the larger Bigelow BA 2100 module that would be as large as the ISS. BA 330 has about 1/3 the volume of the ISS.
Mr. Z–
Very cool that you & JB lead with Mr. Schmitt!
Joseph Schmitt – on the left helping Young
“Grissom & Young”
Norman Rockwell
1965
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/outreach/podcast/nasm/Rockwell2.jpg
This article contain pictures (and additional factoids) on Mr. Schmitt:
http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/joseph-schmitt-a-nasa-spacesuit-tech-for-early-astronauts-remembered/article_ef7c8154-adf4-11e7-be06-3726f26f722c.html
[Susan Alexander, his grand-daughter; “…as a kid, she always knew her grandfather worked for NASA. But it wasn’t until he came to her elementary school in Texas in the 1970s with spacesuit gear for a show-and-tell day that she realized how amazing his job really was.”]
Interestingly– his grand-daughter started this non-profit in Indiana:
http://www.shakmakerspace.com
and… video containing Mr. Schmitt helping John Glenn suit up:
“Historical Footage of John Glenn Friendship 7 1962
https://youtu.be/0JX1QbMqUC4