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Dr. Lawrence ("Larry") E. Lamb is known to millions who read his daily, nationally syndicated column, as it appeared for 24 years. Earlier, he was a key scientist for the nation s man-in-space program and later professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He gives the reader an inside look at the events, personalities and clashes among the individuals who led and developed the program that enabled the United States to beat the Soviets and send astronauts to the moon. He developed the medical examinations used to select the astronauts, and for everyone who has gone to the moon. Through his eyes, you can live through the reaction to the Soviets sudden surprise launching Sputnik into space and how the United States responded to the Soviet threat to national security. On November 14, 1959, Dr. Lamb met Lyndon B. Johnson, then Senate Majority Leader, when the Senator dedicated the new buildings for the nation s Aerospace Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. That was the beginning of the years he attended Lyndon Johnson while he was a Senator, Vice President and as a consultant when he became President. He gives the reader some cameo views of Lyndon Johnson the man, at play on h

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Author

Lawrence E. Lamb

Publisher

Synergy Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781933538396

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Technology, Memoir