My 36 Years in Space by Kurth Krause

My 36 Years in Space by Kurth Krause

My 36 Years in Space is a behind-the-scenes view of the exciting career of a pioneer in NASA's manned space programs. It describes the breakthroughs of a young engineer in writing flight software to guide astronauts to the moon, his heart-pounding experience in watching the Apollo 11 launch at the Cape, and his breathtaking moments in NASA's Mission Control Center while Armstrong and Aldrin dealt with computer alarms when they descended to the moon for the first time. His fun-filled relationships with his astronaut neighbors are unique. Kurth's firsthand account of his successful rise to General Manager of the Aerospace Systems Group in the Shuttle and Space Station era contrasts with his sudden fall to the unemployed at age 52. The reader experiences his struggle through the aerospace recession, before pulling himself back up with achievements in the USAF spy satellite programs prior to his retirement with TRW in 1999.

Krause, Kurth: - Kurth Krause is a pioneer in manned space programs and a retired aerospace executive. He earned degrees in math and physics at the University of Wisconsin, attended graduate school in astronautical guidance at MIT, and management training at Stanford and UCLA. He was President of the Wisconsin Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi 1961-2. He received awards from NASA, MIT, and TRW for his work on Apollo. He was in the NASA Mission Control Center for the Apollo 11 landing in 1969. He was the General Manager of Intermetrics' Aerospace Systems Systems Group from 1984-93. Accepted into Who's Who in the World in 1997. Kurth resides in Southern California with his wife Sue. They have two children and four grandchildren.

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ISBN 13	9780998456812
ISBN 10	0998456810
Title	My 36 Years in Space
Author	Kurth Krause
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Kurth
Year published	2019-09-04
Number of pages	268
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