SAVE THE SHUTTLE: Memoirs of Life with the Space Shuttle and the Last Ditch Attempt to Save and Privatize it by Lawrence Kuznetz

Author:Lawrence Kuznetz [Kuznetz, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

I first got to know Neil during Apollo 11 and later through Kenny who'd gone to Purdue and worked the X-15 rocket plane with him and through Kenny’s lovely wife Pat who was a close friend of Neil's wife, Jan. When I called and described the ceremony, he immediately agreed to attend.

The ceremony took place in late August 2010 and it was smothered in secrecy. If word got out, the entire JSC campus would descend on us, a surprised Dave Francisco posted. Special and poignant, it exceeded his expectations (and mine). After some opening remarks I introduced Neil and Buzz (who needed no introduction). They reveled in the chance to reunite with old friends and teammates, told stories of the past, and affixed plaques by the rooms where they’d slept; where their Command Module Columbia had been docked and where the Moon Rocks had been offloaded. A touching sidebar came when Lunar Scientist Chiu Wing Lam, who helped me design the plaques and had baked the ceremonial cake, had a chance to shake Neil’s hand. He’d been a child during Apollo 11 and had tears in his eyes.

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