QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 5 2006, 09:24 PM)
Does anybody have:
" VOYAGER TALES " by David W Swift
Just curious to know if it has many photos of the scientists involved in the project...
I own a copy, though my version doesn't have photos. I think my version is an early print as one of the sections (Arden Albee) has some pages printed in incorrect sequence. On the other hand, I do believe that there are versions with B/W photos of the the "interviewees" at the beginning of their respective chapters. But don't quote me on that because I'm not sure.
As I
noted in another thread, I believe the book is the best oral history of the project. And there are some interesting tidbits. For instance, the leading up to and immediately after launch when a couple of project managers were "fired." And, if memory serves, Charles Kohlhase recalled that, with a slight tweak to the flyby trajectory at Neptune, Voyager 2 could have been targeted to pass within one light year of Sirius at some point in the distant future. Etc.
Believe it or not, I picked the book up for a pittance at a used bookstore