Two Into The Blue

About the Book

The Space Race was on. NASA was just completing the one-man Mercury space program. Apollo would take three men to the moon but Apollo was later on in the sixties. What could they do to maintain their manned- space prowess until Apollo was on line? The answer lay in the new Gemini program, which used a two- man version of the Mercury spacecraft that would fly into space on a US Air Force Titan booster. Procedures and techniques developed on Gemini would be available for Apollo and a cadre of second and third generation astronauts would gain flying time, thus reducing the arduous training for the moon missions. The author recounts the activities at the Gemini launch pad through all 12 launches where this concept was realized thereby helping the US win the Space Race.

About the Author

Robert L. Adcock spent 36 years in the Aerospace Industry where his earliest experiences were coincidental with and occurred during the early development of rockets and satellite technology, when space exploration first began. Early space program experiences, equipped him for his role on the Gemini program. Adcock found his way into an operational niche in the most exciting manned spacecraft program up until that time- the Gemini orbited ten flights, each dedicated to space exploration and development of techniques and procedures that would pave the way for perhaps man’s greatest achievement- going to the moon. Adcock grew up in Tennessee, graduated from the University with a BSEE and followed with a Doctorate in Business Administration from Florida State in 1977.