INST 154
Apollo at 50
Spring 2020
Required Readings


Each student is assigned to read, view or listen to one reading or media item for each class. Each student is assigned a number (1 through 6), and readings and media items all have a corresponding number. Students need only read the one assignment that matches their student number. Some readings of media items would take more than an hour to read, view or listen to completely. In such cases, specific pages or times are indicated. Page numbers refer to the numbers printed on the page, not to the way Acrobat numbers pages of PDF files.

The principal texts for this course are:


Required Readings for Session 1 (The Apollo Program) Required Readings for Session 2 (The Cold War in 1961) Required Readings for Session 3 (NASA Before Apollo) Required Readings for Session 4 (The Decision to Go to the Moon) Required Readings for Session 5 (Congressional Support) Required Readings for Session 6 (The Mode Decision) Required Readings for Session 7 (Contracting: Command Module) Required Readings for Session 8 (Contracting: Lunar Module) Required Readings for Session 9 (Contracting: Saturn V) Required Readings for Session 10 (Launch Operations) Required Readings for Session 11 (Mission Operations) Required Readings for Session 12 (Astronauts) Required Readings for Session 13 (Gemini: Rendezvous and Docking) Required Readings for Session 14 (Gemini: EVA) Required Readings for Session 15 (Lunar Science) Required Readings for Session 16 (The Apollo 1 Fire) Required Readings for Session 17 (Apollo 8: Lunar Orbit) Required Readings for Session 18 (Apollo 11: Lunar Landing) Required Readings for Session 19 (Apollo 12: Precision Landing) Required Readings for Session 20 (Apollo 13: Abort) Required Readings for Session 21 (Apollo 15: Lunar Rover) Required Readings for Session 22 (Apollo 17: A Geologist on the Moon) Required Readings for Session 23 (Sputnik and Vostok) Required Readings for Session 24 (Voskhod, Soyuz and Zond) Required Readings for Session 25 (The Soviet Lunar Landing Program) Required Readings for Session 26 (Making Meaning) Required Readings for Session 27 (Draft Term Papers)
Doug Oard
Last modified: Sat Apr 25 14:33:02 2020