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... into orbit and the people have tasks to perform. You have to be right. You have to be correct right away. The time lines are tight. Often the work that's done ... . Sometimes the guy goes through this carefully, you say, "Aha That's right," and sometimes it's not right. One of the more difficult things is getting consensus on a report, because ... it. That was probably the one group we haven't talked about that you go to talk to on occasion, was the congressional members. '''Covert:''' Right. '''Wright:''' Was that a good experience ...

... it doesn’t matter what gender you are. If you got the right answer, you’ve got the right answer. So my response to any negative attitudes was to ace the class ... wonderful person. Our vice president, Joe Joseph W. Cuzzupoli, our division chief, Stan Yoshino phonetic , right down the line, were absolutely supportive, and I got a wonderful opportunity very early to ... that time was right next to the CapCom, the crew member Capsule Communicator. So I said, “You know, if you’re serious about this, I will come into this group.” It’s ...

... launch deviations, if you cut off with a low velocity, the right answer could be, "Don't make a maneuver right now. Coast around a half an orbit up to apogee, and ... the trench and the systems guys, and the flight director. Everyone has their own little group that they're closest to. The flight rules and the simulations sort of brought people ... first came in with Gemini until by the time you retired in the nineties. '''Pavelka:''' Right. '''Butler:''' If you could reflect a little bit on those changes and the differences. '''Pavelka ...

... over. I was fairly late going into the Space Task Group. I think my badge number was 202, if I remember right. So they had already had a pretty good complement over there. They were really in two buildings. Eugene F. Kranz’s group was over in one building, and our group was ... experience from other groups or other software or whatever. So it was a new frontier and you always scrutinized your own work. And knowing that if it’s not right, you’re ...

... , I had to make these repairs. Check me and see if I'm right." Fortunately, I had done the right thing. So, anyway, that was a big thing at that time. '''Bergen ... we finally got to how to handle the problem. He said I was right, an enclosure was the right kind of thing to do, and he gave me a few other suggestions ... , forty to fifty or sixty specialists and engineers that were pulled into the Space Task Group that became involved on Big Joe. I remember doing the initial thermal analysis, and I ...

... like at that time? What was the atmosphere around NASA and of your group? '''Brandenstein:''' Well, obviously our group was all very excited. It was kind of interesting. See, we were the ... . They spun the chair and then they had you move your head down, up, right, left, down, up, right, left. Like I say, I was convinced I could never get motion sickness ... checkpoints. If you don't get things done or something doesn't work right, you have to turn right around and come back, you know. So you're pretty much focused for ...

... course they were just starting the agency, so they were taking kids right out of college. It was a young group of people that did amazing things. Pretty astounding actually. '''Ross-Nazzal ... understand that your class was so large that it was split into two groups, the red and blue group. Do you recall whose team you were on? . '''Coats:''' Yes, as I remember ... fresh blood coming in, so it was good. We socialized together. The older groups and the younger groups, we went out to dinner a lot. We tried to have a touch football ...

... R. Gilruth took the Space Task Group STG cadre of people. I think there were 60 in the first group. I was in the second group that went. I decided I’d had ... of those people leaving, which was a good deal. So I was at the right place at the right time. '''Johnson:''' You mentioned that you could choose a research theme, something you ... became the core. They were all gung ho. '''Johnson:''' They were ready to go. '''Jackson:''' Right. All ready to go. '''Johnson:''' Well, they decided to move to Houston, Texas . '''Jackson:''' Well ...

... old job. So I ended up with that first split in the MOL group. I made it in that group, and so after just that fourteen-month period at Wright-Pat doing ... failed, this procedure in the malfunction book doesn’t work in the simulator right. It doesn’t come out right, and so you’re flying knowing if this failed, there’s going ... and every sunset we had to go to a different attitude to put the right telescopes at the right stars or sun or whatever, the sunny side we’re pointing at the ...

... spent two weeks in California taking systems classes. There was a group of us went out, a fairly good-sized group. That was later on. Early on we actually provided some classes ... run through radiators. I think on Apollo 17 we finally hit it right or almost right. We almost got it right. I think I did that the day before. I did the dump ... that way. But we finally got it right that last mission. I got an award for that. Some of the guys in my group give me the Full Tank Award or something ...

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