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Apollo Discussions => The Reality of Apollo => Topic started by: Obviousman on April 20, 2014, 03:43:16 AM

Title: John Houbolt, champion of LOR, dies
Post by: Obviousman on April 20, 2014, 03:43:16 AM

Very sad news:

http://www.nasa.gov/content/john-c-houbolt-unsung-hero-of-the-apollo-program-dies-at-age-95/

"Somewhat as a voice in the wilderness....."

The world is now poorer for the loss of that voice.

Title: Re: John Houbolt, champion of LOR, dies
Post by: Luke Pemberton on April 20, 2014, 05:05:53 AM

His story featured in 'From Earth to the Moon.'

Incredible story. Would Apollo have succeeded without his 'unorthodox' intervention?

Title: Re: John Houbolt, champion of LOR, dies
Post by: AtomicDog on April 20, 2014, 04:30:52 PM

"Spider" is one of my favorite FTETTM episodes. Think I'll watch it tonight.

Title: Re: John Houbolt, champion of LOR, dies
Post by: Luke Pemberton on April 20, 2014, 07:07:04 PM

Quote from: AtomicDog on April 20, 2014, 04:30:52 PM

"Spider" is one of my favorite FTETTM episodes. Think I'll watch it tonight.

Have to say, I enjoyed the pre-landing episodes the most. They gave a little of the essence and spirit of Apollo and how it must have felt to be involved with the program. It must be every engineers' dream to build a time machine so they can go back and work on Apollo. I also thought they dealt with the Apollo 1 accident in a very thoughtful manner.

One of many reasons I enjoyed Apollo 13 was the feel it gave when watching. Again, while I can't really imagine how the astronauts and engineers must have felt, it certainly gave some idea of the pressing time demands when life and death problems needed solving. How much was scripted to suit Hollywood, I don't know. I guess there was some poetic licence in many places.