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The Mode Decision is finally settled, and the next Mercury-Atlas launch is readied to go; but one of the Mercury 7 receives some devastating news resulting in a shakeup in the next mission's crew.
CORRECTION: When describing the changes made to the Mercury Capsule, I misspoke and called the Earth Path Indicator a Flight Path Indicator. The former is the correct nomenclature.
NOTE: My recording set up started malfunctioning, so I had to make this episode on a friend's set up instead. That's why it sounds a little different.
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Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
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"Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" by James Harford
"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Howard Benedict, and Jay Barbaree
"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" by Michael J. Neufeld
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Manage episode 340194084 series 3356925
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The Mode Decision is finally settled, and the next Mercury-Atlas launch is readied to go; but one of the Mercury 7 receives some devastating news resulting in a shakeup in the next mission's crew.
CORRECTION: When describing the changes made to the Mercury Capsule, I misspoke and called the Earth Path Indicator a Flight Path Indicator. The former is the correct nomenclature.
NOTE: My recording set up started malfunctioning, so I had to make this episode on a friend's set up instead. That's why it sounds a little different.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Instagram: foispacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Ester Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
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"Project Mercury" by Eugen Reichl
"Moonshot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Howard Benedict, and Jay Barbaree
"Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" by Michael J. Neufeld
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