Oral history interview with Lee Briscoe, 2006 November 22.

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Oral history interview with Lee Briscoe, 2006 November 22.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457938201

Interview with Alan Lee Briscoe, a NASA engineer, concerning his education at Texas A&M and South Texas School of Law; decision to join NASA; work in flight control operations and communications support on Apollo program; Skylab "wet workshop"; problem-solving on Skylab mission launches; monotony inherent in Skylab work-shift schedules and efforts to break it; Skylab' s contributions to space exploration.

68 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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