apollo 8( i was a kid when this hppened).

[AllaN01Bear]

[lastlib]

1. I was eleven.....

...and a serious space nerd. Still have newspaper clippings from that flight and Apollo 11.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. ""

raises hand . guilty as charged i still have photos from nasa about the flights.

[hunter]

3. My grandfather was one of the many engineers who built that.

I think that was the work he took the greatest pride in.

[lastlib]

4. That is awesome!

[AllaN01Bear]

5. ""

[hunter]

6. He never ever talked about his military service or projects...

... loose lips sink ships and all that. I think he considered it a dirty job that needed doing, especially during World War II.

He'd happily talk about his post war work on civilian aircraft and later the space program.

I have some of his Apollo memorabilia including his Apollo 8 "flown metal" medallion, a few mechanical drawings, and photographs.

Growing up I felt a lot of pressure to be an engineer but about two years into college I changed my major to Biology and was much happier studying that. I did a lot of things in college that wouldn't have pleased my family.