Next, a look at the legacy of the Apollo Space Missions in the future of Space Exploration. The discussion was held at the National Academy of engineering. [applause] welcome, everyone, to the National Academy of engineerings for him on human spaceflight, apollo, 50 years on. Im going on stage today by six incredible individuals, each of whom helped shape the history and the future of human spaceflight. A little introduction about myself. My name is deeann. Much like many of our panelists today, i am an engineer. Unlike most of our panelists i have never been to space which gives you an idea of the impressiveness. I did grow up in brevard county, florida, Cape Canaveral and many of you launched into space, it has been an inspiration in my life and one of the reasons i chose to pursue engineering. I have gone on to have an atypical career. I am an endearing tv host nowadays and founder and ceo of future engineers. We have current talent launched with nasa where students can name the nex
Appreciate the significance and the scope of the effort of the Apollo Program. Which could not have been successful if it did [speaking foreign language] not end successfully. The panel we have today is the panel on command module landing and recovery operations. They always say the job is not over until the paperwork is finished. The job is not over until the spacecraft is floating in the Pacific Ocean and the astronauts are successfully retrieved. We have with us four heroes of that era, people i looked up to and admired as a 14yearold watching on television back in 1969, and i wished i could be with them in the Pacific Ocean helping to retrieve those astronauts. We have on the panel to my left, denny holt, mily heflin, mel richmond milton heflin, mel richmond, and terry watson. I will open it up to questions from the audience. It us started. Tell us a little bit about who you are, how you got to be involved in this business, what you did for apollo. I got here in june of 1967 after
Which could not have been endessful if it did not successfully. The panel we have today is the panel on command module landing and recovery operations. They always say the job is not over until the paperwork is finished. The job is not over until the spacecraft is floating in the Pacific Ocean and the astronauts are successfully retrieved. We have with us four heroes of that era, people i looked up to and admired as a 14yearold watching on television back in 1969, and i wished i could be with them in the Pacific Ocean helping to retrieve those astronauts. Left,e on the panel to my heflin, melmily heflin, melmilton richmond, and terry watson. I will open it up to questions from the audience. It us started. Tell us a little bit about who you are, how you got to be involved in this business, what you did for apollo. I got here in june of 1967 after graduating in tennessee, just outside the appalachian poverty zone. I could not wait to get here because i needed to make some money. [laughte
This hearing is call to order. Welcome. 50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. That included half of the u. S. Congress. These 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. The u. S. 1969. The year before i was born. The astronauts were now im strong, but, and michael collins. And the mission was apollo 11. Armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. When with more than one third of the earths the earth watching, word listening live. They became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. A little less than 100 hours after that, as the First Mission not only to put men on
50 years ago, exactly what each week from today, at approximately 9 30 am, 2 astronauts, sitting atop a rocket the size of a navy destroyer, packing 7. 5 Million Pounds of thrust, took off from Kennedy Space center in florida. Roughly 1 Million People had gathered on the ground to watch this historic event. That included half of the u. S. Congress. These 3 astronauts, as one of the newspapers put it at the time, carried with them the hopes of the world. The u. S. 1969. The year before i was born. The astronauts were now im strong, but, and michael collins. And the mission was apollo 11. Armstrong and aldrin went on to make history a little more than 100 hours later. When with more than one third of the earths the earth watching, word listening live. They became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The apollo 11 mission would go on to make history again. A little less than 100 hours after that, as the First Mission not only to put men on the moon, but to bring them home safely