We were supposed to fly the first one in 79 but the tiles kept falling off that were supposed to protect us from reentry for the heat of reentry. So they had to do all this pulling off every single tile 33,000 of them and sticking them back on with a new procedure where they wouldn't fall off because if that was tile fell off they were made out of sand. And unlike the Saturn where we had two launches without people on top to test the system,. We had to put two people in it. When did we do that? John, you had to have manual systems in there that somebody had to turn this on turn that off. There's a pretty great risk for
On the eve of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo Moon launch/landing, I invite you to come hear my rocket scientist father (G.A. "Jim" Ogle) re-tell his experience on User Defenders: Community (https://community.userdefenders.com) of the events that took place the day of the launch on July 16, 1969, leading into the unforgettable and awe-inspiring day of July 20, 1969 when the U.S. achieved the unimaginable feat of landing the first humans on the moon. He will also answer your questions live!
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