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... land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth.” Well, that started Apollo. Just before that—well, let me back up just a little bit. During the course of ... saw there, I stopped and asked the inspector why the tag was there. Well, no drawings, no work order. Well, that’s a good reason. Go to the next one. No drawings ... biggest challenge, and then also what was your most significant accomplishment, do you think? '''Hobokan:''' Well, I think the biggest challenge was the lunar module. It was in such bad shape ...

... , I was busy. Laughs '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Busy traveling all over Europe. '''Dunbar:''' Right. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Well, I’m wondering, would you like to talk a little bit about the mission, or ... ahead and wait, just because my voice is getting a little— '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Sure. Sure. Well, thank you for coming by today. '''Dunbar:''' Thank you. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' I’ve really enjoyed ...

... work that the Center is responsible for could get accomplished. So you say, “Well, what was that?” Well, it was operational human space flight and every aspect of it. The Johnson Space ... into issues that affect children and talking about health care as well as education, as well as well-being, general well-being, psychological as well as physical, and found out that although a lot of ... think of anything. I think you covered most everything that I would have. '''Wright:''' Okay. Well, we thank you again for spending time with us. '''Huntoon:''' Okay. End of interview Category ...

... fine. '''Woodling:''' You didn't ask any questions. Laughter '''Butler:''' You were doing just fine. Well, I'll ask a couple now. '''Woodling:''' All right. '''Butler:''' As you were starting out ... ?" Laughter They all had different personalities. Very nice. '''Butler:''' They used to work together pretty well? '''Woodling:''' Oh, yes. There was difficult times, but those people I think kept the program ...

... the systems guys had to make sure all their things were working. '''Wright:''' Well, things didn’t work well on Apollo 13. Where were you when they received the message that there ... back together to exchange the information so all this could work out as well as it did. '''Deiterich:''' Well, part of the stuff was the leads were pulled off, and we didn ... find these lights that we could carry around and crank up and light up the—well actually we went out to Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas; now George Bush Intercontinental Airport ...

... control system to work. It don't meet the specs." I said, "Well, what's wrong with it?" "Well, to make it honest, we didn't take into account wiring links and ... blow that tank up in no time. '''Bergen:''' It was very sad. '''Feltz:''' Yes. '''Bergen:''' Well, later, you said, you also did some consulting for Space Station? '''Feltz:''' Yes. '''Bergen:''' Tell ... challenge and accomplished one of the greatest feats that mankind has ever accomplished. '''Feltz:''' Yes, well, not by myself. '''Bergen:''' It took a lot of people. '''Feltz:''' Yes. '''Bergen:''' Where would ...

... an engineering function, but we did support it. '''Rusnak:''' What did that support involve? '''Dumis:''' Well, basically just watching what they did. We didn’t really participate in the decision-making ... were in a room in Building 45 at the time. So I figured, well, I might as well tweak Sy about this, so I personally wrote up this chit and asked who ... backrooms, the staff support rooms SSRs , the SPAN room, and the mission evaluation room? '''Dumis:''' Well, the backroom, of course, was our guys. Typically in those Apollo days, the NASA guys ...

... motivation?” Because they had our backgrounds. They knew— '''Ward:''' By that time, they had pretty well ascertained that you were qualified. '''Duke:''' Yeah. '''Ward:''' They just wanted to get your personality ... , it’s John Young.” And John Young gets called in. And John Young says—well, Deke says, “Well, here are the guys that we could—we think we ought to fly. But ... north, was to see if I could see that set of tracks. '''Ward:''' Well yeah. laughs '''Duke:''' Well of course there wasn’t any set of tracks. But, anyway, I did figure ...

... launched about every six weeks with an entirely different flight agenda. It came together fairly well. '''Rusnak:''' At what point did you begin working on Apollo? Was Gemini still flying then ... itself was not different. The rules were different because you added different mission events as well as when you started adding the lunar modules and you started adding other different equipment ... maybe you can give us your version of events that from flight. '''Harlan:''' Well, I think this is well documented in everybody’s book, in Gene Kranz’s book, in HBO and ...

... first spacewalk. '''Leestma:''' Yes. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' And there were two women on the flight as well. '''Leestma:''' Yes, right. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' How did the media react to that? '''Leestma:''' Oh, the ... think it could be—I think it's a good move. '''Butler:''' Well, hopefully we'll see that continue well into the future. '''Ewart:''' We hope so. '''Wright:''' Mr. Ewart, those early ...

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