Surveyor I

Surveyor I

DURING MY THIRTY-ONE YEARS at the Kennedy Space Center I spent six of them working at what was then called Unmanned Launch Operations, or ULO; first for a two-year stint, and later on a four. I did no real work on the first two American manned space programs, Mercury...
No Grandson on the Moon

No Grandson on the Moon

MY SIGNATURE rests on the Moon. While it contributed nothing to the American space program, I get a lot of personal satisfaction from the above. It came about this way. Shortly before John Young, Charles Duke and Ken Mattingly lifted off on the Apollo 16 mission, many...
Past Sins Remembered

Past Sins Remembered

IN MY FECKLESS YOUTH I once made a mathematical mistake, a technical error. Unfortunately, mine became embedded in the public consciousness throughout most of the world, and remains there today. I was reminded of this when reading an on-line European magazine report...