We review all that we've covered in season 2 before diving into the final phase of the moon race in season 3. 

Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

We discuss the long road Project Apollo has taken since its initial conception right up to the end of Project Gemini. 

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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Project Apollo: The Early Years" by Eugen Reichl
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between the United States and Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury

Web Sources-
Project Apollo: A Retrospective Analysis (nasa.gov)
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Apollo Systems Engineering Manual: Service Module And Adapter Structure : North American Aviation, Space and Information Systems Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

We examine the aftermath of Sergei Korolev's death as the Soviet Space Program struggle to pull themselves together and get back in the race against the Americans to conquer the moon. 

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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" by James Harford
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
"Soviets in Space" by Colin Burgess

Web Sources:
A Soviet Moonshot: Interpreting the Diaries of Vasily Mishin | National Air and Space Museum
Vasily Mishin (economist.com)
Vasily Mishin | Neil Armstrong | The Guardian
Vasily Mishin, 84; Led Soviet Race to Moon - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details  (Luna 9)
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details  (Luna 10)
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details  (Luna 11)
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details  (Luna 12)

The grand finale of Project Gemini has finally come! Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell will take to space on Gemini 12 for a final attempt to master the spacewalk problem and prove that work in space can be done safely and efficiently before Project Apollo begins to fly. 

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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research: 
Books-
"Project Gemini" by Eugen Riechl

Web Sources-
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Dr. Buzz Aldrin | NASA
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. - New Mexico Museum of Space History (nmspacemuseum.org)
National Space Society Governor Buzz Aldrin Biography - National Space Society (nss.org)

Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon take flight on Gemini 11 in hopes of finally mastering the spacewalk enigma while also undertaking a curious and risky experiment. 

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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Project Gemini" by Eugen Reichl
"Failure is Not an Option" by Gene Kranz

Web Sources-
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details
Remembering Dick Gordon | NASA

Michael Collins and John Young take to space aboard Gemini 10!

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music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Project Gemini" by Eugen Reichl
"Failure is Not an Option" by Gene Kranz

Web Sources-
Michael Collins - New Mexico Museum of Space History (nmspacemuseum.org)

Gene Cernan undertakes a harrowing space walk shortly after NASA loses its first astronauts. 

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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia

Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Project Gemini" by Eugen Reichl
"Failure is not an Option" by Gene Kranz

Web Sources-
Remembering NASA Astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett | NASA
The Test Pilot: Neil Armstrong And GE’s Elliot See Were First Civilian Astronauts | GE News
NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details

In our first episode of CAPCOM, the new segment where I sit down with experts in the space field, I have a conversation with Dr. Furman Daniel, professor of strategy at the National War College to discuss his book entitled "The First Space War: How the Patterns of History and the Principles of STEM will Shape its Form." We discuss the possible motives for colonizing Mars as well as what might lead a Martian colony to rebel against the Earth and carry out a revolution.  A paperback version of the book is due to release on May 15, 2023. 

All views and opinions expressed by Furman Daniel in this interview are strictly his own and do not reflect the views, opinions, or policies of the United States Department of Defense, the National War College or any affiliated organizations. 

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