Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Moon

Because my copyright was stolen in 2012 when I was in the hospital, this book is now out-of-print.
The new 2ne Edition is, "Mischief at Michoud" published by Tate Publishing.
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This book is a light-hearted story of my life before, during and after Apollo. It is not meant to be technical. This book describes the high-jinks and the funny situations of one plant out of thousands that built the Saturn V. We are the rank and file of the workers. We were not known because there were 400,000 of us.
There is a lot of information in the book such as the Navy Recovery Fleet and the Apollo Missions.
I hope you will enjoy the humor and have a relaxing read.

Note: I found out that this book does not translate well in any of the Oriental languages such as Chinese. It probably will not translate in any of the Arabic languages, either. So if you do not understand the nomenclature of the Saturn V, please do not read this book. Thank you.

Saturn V Configurations

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The configuration starting from the bottom is:
First stage: the S1C (138 feet tall), Second Stage: S-II (81.5) feet tall, and the Third Stage: S-IV-B (58.5 feet tall). Then there is the payload consisting of the the LEM (Descent and Ascent Modules), The Instrument Module (the Ring), the Service Module
and lastly the Command Module (which stayed in orbit around the Moon).

Did you know that NASA was planning high energy missions after Apollo with the Saturn V? A high energy mission was one in which the Saturn V would be used for planetary and deep space missions. A cheaper way was found in the launch of the "Voyager" spacecraft.
Sadly, the Saturn V was never used again.