{"id":4278,"date":"1999-08-24T11:30:23","date_gmt":"1999-08-24T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/?p=4278"},"modified":"2013-07-25T15:13:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T20:13:08","slug":"monthly-news-summary-august-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/news\/articles\/4278","title":{"rendered":"Monthly News Summary – August 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apollo Anniversary Observed<\/em><\/h1>\n
by Terri Gregory, SSEC Public Information Specialist<\/em><\/h5>\n

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August 1999<\/em><\/h5>\n

Also In<\/strong><\/p>\n

the News…<\/p>\n

Regional media came to SSEC on July 20, the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. WISC-TV, Madison\u2019s Channel 3, interviewed Bob Paulos, program manager for many of SSEC\u2019s current space flight hardware programs, and Evan Richards, who manages SSEC\u2019s engineering services. Many SSEC employees remember warmly those early days of the manned space flight program, none more so than Evan, who worked for Collins Radio building communications and data elements of the Apollo program. Evan described how his Cedar Rapids neighborhood went suddenly quiet on a busy summer afternoon, when neighbors crowded around television sets to watch Neil Armstrong\u2019s first steps on the moon. Evan\u2019s recollections were used in 6 and 10 o\u2019clock nightly news programs.<\/p>\n

Evan appeared on WHA Radio\u2019s drive-time call-in show on the 20th, to chat with listeners and host Ben Merens about the Apollo program and NASA\u2019s current space program. Callers shared stories of where they were on July 20th 30 years ago. Evan recounted his own experiences and talked about the importance of the Apollo program in getting the manned space program started. According to Evan, the practical importance of Apollo was that we \u201cdeveloped the discipline of how to do things reliably.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information, follow the links below.<\/strong><\/p>\n