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¶I thank TIME for an exceedingly interesting article on D. Brainerd Holmes, his team, and the progress of the United States in their efforts to reach the moon [Aug. 10]. Your article shows, in a concise and easy to understand way, the problems that must be solved before the...
Intricate Monsters. As Holmes and his NASA associates lay plans for invading the moon, they can safely assume that scientific knowledge will have increased enormously before the first flights begin. Their urgent concern now is to prepare launching facilities with which to make those flights. Technical direction of the program...
Preferred LOR. No C-5s are scheduled to fly before 1965, but assembly and launch facilities must be started well ahead. Much of Holmes's attention goes into such planning, but not long ago he had to make a more crucial decision: he had to select the "mode" in...
Until recently NASA officially favored Earth Orbit Rendezvous. But now Lunar Orbit Rendezvous has become the most favored mode. Dr. Joseph F. Shea, Holmes's deputy in charge of systems, makes a convincing case for the decision. Each mode, says Shea, was broken down into major elements, starting with...
There are still too many unknowns for NASA scientists to make an irreversible decision. But Holmes smiles with a hint of apology, "We have to choose some plan, or we'd better pack up and go home." Then he turns intensely serious. "We can't change too often...