[ubj]

Buzz Aldrin (who was the second person to walk on the moon) wrote his MIT thesis on methods for astronauts to handle the complexities of orbital dynamics when performing rendezvous maneuvers in orbit:

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/12652

[cweagans]

> In the hopes that this work may in some way contribute to their exploration of space, this is dedicated to the crew members of this country' s present and future manned space programs. If only I could join them in their exciting endeavors.

Imagine writing this 6 years before you were literally standing on the moon.

[hinkley]

Didn’t that become “the book” as well? As in he wrote the book on orbital mechanics?