Chapters 10-12

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“Free return trajectory,” George said, unrolling a diagram on his desk.

Frank Borman, Deke Slayton, and George Low were sitting in George’s office. Frank and Deke had just had come from their meeting with CIA agent Charlie Smith, who had met with NASA’s upper managers earlier in the day. He hadn’t told them everything in as much detail as he had told Frank and Deke, but he had told them enough—about the Soviets and their sudden change in Moon mission personnel, and the CIA’s suspicions...