Explosion on board. The interview is from the Oral History Program at the Johnson Space center. This is the Johnson Space Center Original history project, may 25th, 1999, at the Johnson Space center. When you were a little kid, you saw a rocket go off and you said i want to do that . Is it that simple or that complex . You know, i was interested in rockets and astronomy long before the glenns and the shepherds of the world could spell rocket. I was interested in it way back in high school. I went to try and build some rockets. I wanted to be a rocket engineer, as a matter of fact. I wrote to the American Rocket Society at that time which is now the aaia or Something Like that, and i said i want to be a rocket engineer, and they wrote back and said you need to go to i. T. Or cal tech, and i couldnt afford either so i got an rotc appointment to wisconsin and then from there i went to the Navel Academy and then i got the flight training. I became a naval aviator, and low and behold in 195
My name is john charles. I will be your moderator. I retired from nasa a year and a half ago. I have been living at my childhood families, playing here with the artifacts. It gives me the opportunity to sit on the stage with heroes of the apollo era. People who did the work i only dreamed of doing. We have with those two individuals who worked during the Lunar Service service exploration activities. That was the work done on the moon. Its the reason for the apollo moon missions. Not just to have a big rocket or their landing. The objective was to get to the moon and to the moon and do something useful. Arthur schmidt, who goes by larry, who was involved in the operations activities. Laterally on the missions, helping navigate the lunar rover. When dell mandel. He is an icon of lunar science as far as the early days. He came out here in 1963 and it was here for the lunar landings. Mendell has been responsible for understanding the lunar landings and rewriting the test books about what t
Preserve vision commission. Wednesday november 2, 2016. Like to remind members the commission doesnt tolerate disruption or outburst. Please silence mobile devices and if you care to state your name for record. Like to take roll; wolfram, here. Hyland, here, hasz, here, johnck, here. Johns, here. Pearlman, here. Mat shuda is absent cht first is general Public Comment. At this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have no speaker cars cards. Seeing and hearing none close Public Comment. Very good. Plaiz us on department matters, directors announcements chblt good afternoon. Just want to call to your attention one item on the written directors
Speaker cars cards. Seeing and hearing none close Public Comment. Very good. Plaiz us on department matters, directors announcements chblt good afternoon. Just want to call to your attention one item on the written directors report on the second page. We have been working for a number of months on new urban Design Guidelines for new projects. There a number of discussion and hearings at the Planning Commission rchlt we are ising more Community Workshops on these guidelines and the next event is wednesday the 16th at the Planning Department from 6 to 8 p. M. Wednesday the 16 two weeks from today. These address city wide Large Scale Development other than single and two family homes and there is a lot of interest in the community on the guidelines. Following up on these guidelineicize the guidelines for Historic Districts we are working on with tim and staff. We are trying student address current set of 25 different sets of guidelines that apply to different areas and different scaleoffs
Items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. Each member of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes. I have no speaker cars cards. Seeing and hearing none close Public Comment. Very good. Plaiz us on department matters, directors announcements chblt good afternoon. Just want to call to your attention one item on the written directors report on the second page. We have been working for a number of months on new urban Design Guidelines for new projects. There a number of discussion and hearings at the Planning Commission rchlt we are ising more Community Workshops on these guidelines and the next event is wednesday the 16th at the Planning Department from 6 to 8 p. M. Wednesday the 16 two weeks from today. These address city wide Large Scale Development other than single and two family homes and there is a lot of interest in the community on the guidelines. Following up on t