RIP Neil Armstrong.
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BoomboxLover48
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I still remember listening to the BBC broadcast about the moon landing through my father's beautiful 1965 Philips B7X44A tube radio. I am still trying to get one of those radios. I was a little kid and in those days I just stared at moon and wondered how did he did it. It was unbelievable!
RIP Neil Armstrong!
Now God might send him on Intergalactic missions.
RIP Neil Armstrong!
Now God might send him on Intergalactic missions.
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Growing up in Southern California, we were surrounded in the space program. All the major aerospace companies were in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding area's and both my father and grandfather both worked in the industry. My grandfather even worked at the famous Skunk Works in the late 1950's early 60's during the U2 & SR71 Black Bird era.
My father specifically worked on the space suit program in the early 60's and invented the silicon flat ribbon cable to over come design problems in the space suit. He hand built all the wiring that is in the suits that were used in the first space walks as well as the walks on all the moon missions. You can see his work when you go to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC and see the space suits that are on display. He has plaques and framed documents he was awarded for his efforts in the first moon landing.
Although I was only 1 1/5 years old when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, the whole space travel time of the 60's and 70's was a huge part of my life. Many times as a kid growing up my father and grandfather took me to work and I got to see the production of space and military weapons manufacturing. When I graduated high school both my sister and I went into the industry as well, my sister ended up working for a company that built the thrusters for the Space Shuttle and I went into commercial electronics sector to build main frames for CNC Milling Machines.
One thing I can say about the Space Agency, back in the day, from the top to the bottom, they made their employee's feel important, made them feel like a team, everyone had value and if you worked hard you could work your way up.
My family grew up in all of it, and the memories of being connected to it all are fond memories of the early space program.
REST IN PEACE NEIL.....You will be a hero of all of man kind for ever!
My father specifically worked on the space suit program in the early 60's and invented the silicon flat ribbon cable to over come design problems in the space suit. He hand built all the wiring that is in the suits that were used in the first space walks as well as the walks on all the moon missions. You can see his work when you go to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC and see the space suits that are on display. He has plaques and framed documents he was awarded for his efforts in the first moon landing.
Although I was only 1 1/5 years old when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, the whole space travel time of the 60's and 70's was a huge part of my life. Many times as a kid growing up my father and grandfather took me to work and I got to see the production of space and military weapons manufacturing. When I graduated high school both my sister and I went into the industry as well, my sister ended up working for a company that built the thrusters for the Space Shuttle and I went into commercial electronics sector to build main frames for CNC Milling Machines.
One thing I can say about the Space Agency, back in the day, from the top to the bottom, they made their employee's feel important, made them feel like a team, everyone had value and if you worked hard you could work your way up.
My family grew up in all of it, and the memories of being connected to it all are fond memories of the early space program.
REST IN PEACE NEIL.....You will be a hero of all of man kind for ever!
baddboybill
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