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Publisher : Xlibris
Publication date : December 23, 2008
Language : English
Print length : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1436350212
ISBN-13 : 11
Item Weight : 12.9 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Customer Reviews: 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (12)
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Format: Paperback
I participated in all the Gemini missions from Gemini 3-12 from MCC-Houston and I found this book very interesting, to say the least. I may have even talked to the author over the loops during the SEDR exercises ( my MCC-H call sign was RETRO, and I supported the Cape engineers many times having sent many data loads to the Gemini on-board computer) It was interesting to hear the events from the Cape test conductors point of view and this book filled in many gaps for me. I remember many of the same events related by the author...the scariest was the CCTV of the GLV engines after the Gemini 6 pad shut-down and the two white-hooded figures creeping around those engine buckets. I remember thinking to myself that I sure wouldn't want those guy's jobs! Had the blockhouse launch sequencer not shut down the GLV due to the tail plug prematurely vibrating loose we could have had a really bad day. I am a Christian and believe that this "coincidence" was just another (of many) situations where the Lord intervened in our space program. William Gravett Project Gemini Retrofire Officer
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Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2012 by banjoenvy
Format: Hardcover
This book is, or should be, an embarrassment to all who worked on it. It’s poorly written and poorly edited; it’s riddled with typos; and the style is one of Granddad spinning yarns to the kids. I agree with other reviewers who wrote that the book offers nothing new, as might have been expected from an insider. It’s as though the author heard enough people telling him that he should write a book about Gemini, that he finally dashed this off without much of a plan or organization.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022 by J. Haught
Format: Paperback
At a scant 137 pages of relatively large type, "Two into the Blue" is a short book that you can probably finish in just a couple of sittings. I have the impression it is either self-published or published-on-demand. That doesn't mean it has nothing worthwhile to offer, however. In fact, in my opinion it fills a small niche in the history of Project Gemini that other books on the subject have not addressed in detail. Mr. Adcock was an electrical engineer with the Martin Company, builder of the modified Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that served as the Gemini launch vehicle. His role in the program was in launch operations at the Kennedy Space Center, where he performed a variety of roles, including Test Conductor, for all 10 manned Gemini missions. The stories he relates in "Two into the Blue" have a directness and immediacy about them that come from his actual hands-on involvement with the Titan II hardware. You can almost see the grease under his fingernails. For example, he provides a close look at exactly what happened on the first launch attempt of Gemini VI, when the Titan II first-stage engines ignited and then immediately shut down before the vehicle lifted off. Quick thinking by veteran astronaut Wally Schirra, who decided not to fire the Gemini's ejection seats even though mission rules required him to do so, salvaged the Gemini 7/6 mission, which demonstrated a key milestone on the way to the moon. Other equally interesting tales abound in "Two into the Blue," and I learned something new in each chapter. The value of "Two into the Blue" lies in its focus on launch pad operations as experienced by Mr. Adcock personally. While he does summarize the objectives and results of each manned Gemini mission as backdrops to his stories, it is his own personal impressions and actions that make the missions "real" and that add an important "oral history" aspect to the Gemini story. Other books tell the history of Gemini in far more depth and scope, but none of them that I know of capture so well the feelings of what it was like to be "in the trenches" at KSC in the early days of manned spaceflight. Engagingly told and very accurate (although one must overlook some minor grammatical and stylistic errors that a final editing pass would have caught), "Two into the Blue" is a good candidate for any space enthusiast's library.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2011 by Terry S
Format: Paperback
This is a fairly short but detailed synopsis of the Titan II Space launch booster for orbiting the 2 man Gemini space capsules. This book is from the point of view of a young Martin aerospace engineer who managed launch operations at the cape. I am a 16 year USAF veteran of the Titan II ICBM program. I worked with Martin engineers at Air Force missile bases who had worked with the author back in the Gemini program. I found this book very interesting a good read.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2021 by The Don
Format: Paperback
The author clearly had numerous great experiences that he could have related concerning the Titan 2 / Gemini program. After some interesting anecdotes at the beginning and a few interesting tidbits for Gemini 7/6, the author glosses over the launch experiences of most of the other flights and instead talks about the flights themselves. We have any number of books about those flights and this author doesn't have firsthand knowledge of them. His insight was what happened on the ground with the rocket, which we don't get enough of. Perhaps he should do an oral history and have a writer give us a fuller story; I suspect he many more interesting stories than are in this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2016 by Mad Dog
Format: Paperback
It is about time!! Hooray! Another great book about the precursors to Apollo. If it weren't for the Mercury and Gemini Programs, we may have not made to the moon. I have been waiting to read this book for a long time. Congratulations! You made the Gemini Program really come to life. Anyone can write a technical book about this and that but what about the hearts and souls of the men who made this program successful? I worked on Apollo as an engineer and I am trying to put faces to the wonderful achievements of everyone who played a role on our early space programs. This book should be in every library so the next generation can learn about how our space programs have evolved into a great success. You deserve 10 stars, Sir!!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2011 by Sara Howard
Format: Paperback
I really liked this book - obviously "tempered" by time the author downplays his own accomplishments while showing an amost day-by-day view of a very complex operation. Its really important to have first hand accounts of the "space race" and Apollo tends to steal the spotlight from Gemini. This book is more about the technical interactions between people, companies, NASA and the Air Force. Since Robert Adcock worked for a contractor and not the government his views are particularly important as it shows that government failures still existed in the hey-day of space exploration. Plus I really liked his stories and his pride of accomplishment comes through well!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2009 by R. Winchester
Format: Paperback
As an avid collector of all first person accounts of the space program I was very happy to find this book about Project Gemini as told from a unique perspective. The book is very short (119 pages including 10 pages of photos). There is simply very little new information in this book. The details about each flight are widely known and available in any publication. It goes into grade school level of details. The inside knowledge provided consists of such gems as making a large pot of coffee to stay up all night working on a problem. Perhaps if this book had been written in the 1970s memory would have allowed far more details in these stories but now it is simply glossing over all ten manned flights. While I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Adcocks role in the gemini launches I regret that I can not recommend his book.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2012 by History fan