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We hope you enjoy this CD-ROM and find it helpful. Special thanks go to Glen Swanson, historian at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, who tracked down the transcripts, oversaw their scanning, and managed a group of over 50 Internet-based volunteers who collectively reviewed and edited nearly 50,000 pages of transcripts in less than three weeks. This group of volunteers, without their help this project would not have been possible, includes the following: Bill T. Bard, Robert Barton, Adam Bootle, Francis Breame, Todd G. Burns, Earl L. Cagle, Jr., Nancy Chabot, Jeff Cieszecki, Michael Cleaver, Stephanie DeClue, Armistead Dennett, Karl D. Dodenhoff, Eugene Dorr, Kevin M. Doyle, David Fisher, Thomas J. Frieling, Robert Gass, Ken Glover, Richard Glueck, Steve Goodey, David M. Harland, Marv Hein, Ronald Henry, Dana Holland, Mick Hyde, Kandy S. Jarvis, Chris Jones, Larry Kellogg, Suzanne Kinnison, Jason C. Koval, Jack A. Kozak, Ron Kuku, Brian Lawrence, Frances Lilly, Jonathan McDowell, Markus Mehring, Matthew A. Meineke, Michelle Mock, Des O’Neill, Jan Persson, John A. Pfannerstill, Jr., M. Pleau, Mike Poliszuk, Mark Richards, Joy Ritchie, Daniel Robino, Rod Rose, Mark Shavers, Mike Smithwick, Eugene G. Stansberry, Mark Strow, Charles Taylor, Ronald Wells, and Stephanie Wong. In addition, a special note of thanks to Paul Fjeld who helped track down and confirm details on the lunar module and its DSEA, as well as provided material for the introductory narrative. Thanks to Nancy Hutchins, Susan McDonald, and Mary Russell for sharing reminiscences of their transcript days working the tape recorders and typewriters at NASA JSC Public Affairs. Mike Gentry, Mary Wilkerson, David Sharron, and Allen Bond did a fantastic job in helping track down the necessary images used in this project. The many hours of scanning was expertly done by Travis Shelton, whose demonstrated skill and patience with an often temperamental scanning machine was nothing short of magic. Long time NASA JSC contractor Robert Legler, along with civil servants Jared Woodfill and David O’Brien, helped provide details on how the voice and data systems worked. Retired NASA JSC employee James L. Gibbons enriched the introductory text by gratefully sharing some of his experiences as test engineer and data manager with the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. Joe Nastasi whose knowledge of the inner workings of the Mercury spacecraft helped clarify how the vehicle’s onboard voice and data systems worked. Steve Schindler, whose understanding on the history of Quindar tones helped fill an audible gap in this narrative. A special note of thanks to NASA JSC PAO contractors Greg Wiseman and John Stoll who steadfastly worked for nearly a year in transferring the remaining air-to-ground mission tapes to their current format. Their skill and patience in coaxing the last original MCC Soundscriber to remain functional long enough to complete their task is nothing short of a miracle. Special thanks to Ivan Blejec and Michael Ciancone for helping fill gaps in our transcript collection by lending us copies from their own collections. Thanks also to Kent Carter, Meg Hacker, and Michael Bainbridge of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Southwest Regional Facility for helping to track down several of the more difficult to find Gemini transcripts.

In the NASA History Office at Headquarters, thanks go to Colin Fries, Mark Kahn, Jane Odom, and Amanda Mellies who worked closely with Glen Swanson to track down and scan many of these transcripts. Louise Alstork performed her usual expert editorial duties and Nadine Andreassen assisted with the production.

In the Headquarters Printing and Design Office, John Edison Betts, Jr. patiently handled the layout of the CD booklet and the files on the CD-ROM set. Bryan Elrod, Jonathan Friedman, Warren Owens, and Stanley Artis saw this job through the final editing and production phases. Thanks are due to all these professional people who worked hard to produce what we hope will be a useful reference work.

Stephen Garber and Roger Launius
NASA History Office

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