tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post7746591424726153917..comments2024-03-22T14:59:09.847-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: Apollo 11Chris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-60816016937451483372009-07-28T14:02:44.563-07:002009-07-28T14:02:44.563-07:00Hi Chris,
My dad was, rather like yours, involved...Hi Chris,<br /><br />My dad was, rather like yours, involved in the army in the 50's and NASA brought our family to OC and HB with Gemini and Apollo. My dad worked on the Saturn V 2nd stage with the Germans. Is there any ex-NASA workers group I could contact who might have members who might have known my Dad when he worked at Douglas in OC? <br /><br />Thanks again for the great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-68068676590659190622009-07-27T08:33:16.035-07:002009-07-27T08:33:16.035-07:00Let's not forget that these same aerospace wor...Let's not forget that these same aerospace workers in OC won the Cold War.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-10011166435278944092009-07-21T18:39:52.079-07:002009-07-21T18:39:52.079-07:00Thanks for sharing aerospace memories from your ow...Thanks for sharing aerospace memories from your own lives and families. Keep 'em comin'!<br /><br />And yes, my dad was in the Air Force and was involved in the manned space program. During parts of the Gemini and Apollo programs, he worked with NASA at Houston Control, and he knew a number of the astronauts. He was responsible for a bunch of the fancy photographic equipment they took with them. He also helped figure out ways to time critical functions during flight using astrogation, in case the computers and/or radios died.<br /><br />By the time Apollo 11 came along, he was helping track the spacecraft from Vandenberg. <br /><br />He later went on into the management end of things, but I have to think those days in Houston were much more exciting.<br /><br />ColonyRabble: I'm not sure I understand what you're saying: "But not being a warm fuzzy way of forcing other people's standards across the board onto all of us, it is no longer a priority."Chris Jepsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-80904887955590156062009-07-21T16:23:26.908-07:002009-07-21T16:23:26.908-07:00Great post. Just about anyone living in So Cal at ...Great post. Just about anyone living in So Cal at the time knew somebody working on getting us safely to the moon. My father included. Thanks.outsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-16442543401876442732009-07-21T12:19:37.304-07:002009-07-21T12:19:37.304-07:00One of those people was your very own Daddy, yes? ...One of those people was your very own Daddy, yes? I was reading in the paper that we now have astonauts who were not born yet when the Space Race began. Very cool. But not being a warm fuzzy way of forcing other people's standards across the board onto all of us, it is no longer a priority. Bummer, because I can think of a few politicians I would like to see launched into space.colony rabblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541427126818487787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-35928799272210107752009-07-21T10:48:10.873-07:002009-07-21T10:48:10.873-07:00My grandfather was manager of test engineering at ...My grandfather was manager of test engineering at the Field Propulsion Laboratory for Rockwell and was responsible for testing the F-1 components and eventually the actual engine. Prior to the development of the testing grounds at Santa Susana he was in charge of running tests of liquid propellant rocket motors at the NAA east parking lot off Aviation & Imperial in Inglewood, and I believe this was circa. 1946-49. It's nice to see someone acknowledge the people who helped make (in large part) the space program possible.Ariannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-59473086021667486092009-07-21T04:48:00.070-07:002009-07-21T04:48:00.070-07:00Even L.M. Cox Mfg. Co., Santa Ana, CA (Cox Thimble...Even L.M. Cox Mfg. Co., Santa Ana, CA (Cox Thimble Drome of Disneyland Flight Circle) had a plastic injection molding contract for the square buttons in the space capsules.CoxPilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284076551547506117noreply@blogger.com