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  • 'Do we want to get to the moon or not?'

    Nov 22, 2019 10:00 am by Miranda Holloway, Kim SchmidtAlumni
    John Houbolt stands in front of chalk board explanation of Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous

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    • John Houbolt stands in front of chalk board explanation of Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous

    He called himself 'a voice in the wilderness.' He sat in conference rooms filled with scientists who ridiculed his ideas. But Houbolt was going to be heard. And we were going to land on the moon.