John B. Medaris (1902–1990)
Auteur de Countdown for Decision
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: U.S. Army Major Genaral John B. Medaris
Œuvres de John B. Medaris
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Medaris, John B.
- Date de naissance
- 1902-05-12
- Date de décès
- 1990
- Lieu de sépulture
- Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Études
- Ohio State University
- Professions
- soldier
businessman
priest - Organisations
- United States Marine Corps
United States Army
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 15
- Popularité
- #708,120
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 1
He was the Commander of AMBA - The Army Ballistic Missile Agency, home of the Von Braun rocket group. He talks a great deal about the Redstone and Jupiter missiles, so I felt this was a great resource on those two programs. Both faced a lot of opposition and obstacles, and Medaris certainly seems to be the main reason both were eventually successful. The book also covers the duel between the Army and Navy over the first satellite launcher - Jupiter C vs Vanguard. I really enjoyed this perspective on history. He was incredibly dismissive of Vanguard, which was a mistake on his part. While Vanguard certainly had some flaws, I feel it was not as bad as Medaris indicated. I was quite disappointed to note that he misspelled Navaho several times throughout the book. I would have liked more information on some of the test facilities at ABMA, too.
All in all, this would be a great read for anyone interested in space history, especially pre-NASA military space efforts.… (plus d'informations)