None beyond the ama/username link That spare_account provided. It’s been 4-5 years at least, most of the stuff i read was about his work on the shuttle, people arguing with him about various engineering topics.
Please try. Even if you don't publish his stories, you'll be glad to have heard them later on. I was fortunate to have lived through that era and watched all the landings. Now, I try and find and read anything by those who were actually there: astronauts, flight directors, flight controllers, and government or contractor personnel. It is a fascinating and important era and it is worth documenting.
My grandfather helped design the tiles used on the space shuttle. Every time I see a picture of one of the shuttles it brings back good memories of him.
Thank you for posting them. I understand I've seen the Shuttle in the UK too. Difficult to know by now what I'm remembering and what I'm remembering being told / seeing photos; I'd have been four. But I'm still glad to know that I have.
The shuttle may well have been too expensive, too dangerous and too limited in capabilities. But to me as a simple enthusiast it's still a truly glorious machine that would be sad to see go even with a better replacement on the next pad. Without that....
As silly as it sounds, I don't remember his name. He was a friend-of-a-friend, I think he only mentioned it to me because I had NASA patches all over my backpack. If you're really interested I can ask around.
He spoke here at NASA Goddard just recently about his experiences at Marshall Space Flight Center, in Huntsville, Alabama, during the Apollo era. I grew up in Huntsville during that time and my father also worked at Marshall so it was an especially interesting talk for me. I spoke briefly to him after his talk and now I'm even more pleased that I had that opportunity. This is a loss for all of us in the Space community.
If you ever see him at any talk thats not a pure PR event he tends to go into engineering details. Good series I would recommend from Everyday Astronaut where they get into lots of nitty gritty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ux6B3bvO0w
Amy of YouTube 'Vintage Space' fame was who the BBC went to for the nuts and bolts of the article. She is Canadian and more into space than aviation. She is not a fan of the Space Shuttle so that isn't 'vintage Space' as far as she is concerned.
Hope so. Met and chatted with Al Worden while on a NASA tour a few years back. Really cool experience. (although was Apollo 15 command module pilot so went to the moon, didn't walk on it).
Paul is a fairly prolific commenter on Reddit. Over the years there have been a few hilarious exchanges between him and some unfortunate know-it-alls on the platform.
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