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In the 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer said “Time and Tide Wait for No Man.” While we can’t stop the ravages of time, we can certainly stop and try to capture what was the “greatness” of an important period of time in America’s history. In this case, not only a great period in America’s history, but of a noble activity called human spaceflight. And that unique place is called the Mission Control Center.
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von Ehrenfried, M.“. (2018). Introduction. In: Apollo Mission Control. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76684-3_1
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