Advocacy Lunar orbit rendezvous
john houbolt explains lunar orbit rendezvous dr. john houbolt not let advantages of lor ignored. member of lunar mission steering group, houbolt had been studying various technical aspects of space rendezvous since 1959 , convinced, several others @ langley research center, lor not feasible way make moon before decade out, way. had reported findings nasa on various occasions felt internal task forces (to made presentations) following arbitrarily established ground rules. according houbolt, these ground rules constraining nasa s thinking lunar mission—and causing lor ruled out before considered. in november 1961, houbolt took bold step of skipping proper channels , writing private letter, 9 pages long, directly robert c. seamans, associate administrator. voice in wilderness, houbolt protested lor s exclusion. want go moon or not? langley engineer asked. why nova, ponderous size accepted, , why less grandiose scheme involving rendezvous ostracized or put on defensive? realize cont...