Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime (Apogee Books Space Series) by: Sy Liebergot, David M Harland, Ron Howard, Clint Howard
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Publisher: Collector's Guide Publishing
Release date: 1st May, 2003
Media: Hardcover
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Rating: - Good story
I liked the book too. True, the chapters about his early life was a bit long but they helped to understand what shaped this man. The EECOM was one of the key persons in mission control and Sy describes this function in very understandable terms and gives a good account off how it felt being EECOM when 13's oxygen tank blew up.
I also liked the stories from the parties, the other books have mentioned the partying slightly but here we get some good stories about what happened.
This is a good story about how a guy, via some fantastic sidetracks, ended up in the middle of the space program.
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- An original viewpoint
Sy Liebergot's autobiography is split into three parts: his early years, his time in Mission Control and his life since he hung up the EECOM headset.
Many will buy this for the middle section and he does offer an angle on the Apollo missions which isn't easily found elsewhere. The biographies of Flight Directors Gene Kranz and Chris Kraft describe Mission Control in depth but Liebergot describes what it was like to be on the receiving end of their requests for decisions.
The near-disaster of Apollo 13 gets fourteen interesting pages and although the facts show the critical role Liebergot played in recovery, he is quick to acknowledge others' equally important contributions.
Later missions in which he was away from the console are covered very briefly, but there is good coverage of Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program, not least the latter's entertaining 'cultural exchange' visits to Moscow.
The sections of the book which deal with his personal life won't be everyone's cup of tea but they're not overly long.
The included CD-ROM has several hours of interesting audio recordings of the Mission Control loop during the critical stages of Apollo 13, some recordings made during Apollo 15, various photos and a dreadful quality video of Sy delivering a lecture to a student class.
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- An essential Apollo book
There are a handful of books that are essential to understanding of how the successes of Apollo were achieved and about the people who made it happen. This is one of those books. "Apollo EECOM" is far more personal than most and is an easy, engrossing read. Above all, I appreciate Liebergot's honesty. Highly Recommended.
Rating: - A bit disappointing
Well this an autobiography but the first half is a depressing read about his sad childhood and life up to joining Mission control. The sections about Mission Control seem to be thin on words with much of the detail already covered elsewhere in Apollo 13 or Andrew Chaikins book A man on the moon. Pictures on the enclosed CD seem to be mainly of the flight controllers having a booze up. The video of Sy talking in the MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room) has a poor sound track so is hard to follow.
So what is good? ... well the MOCR layout and pictures are interesting as are the screen shots of the EECOM status screens. The Apollo 13 EECOM sound tracks are interesting too. Should you buy this? On balance yes, just - but if weighing this up against something else buy Virtual Apollo instead.
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