Go Fever (the other, nonharmful kind)

[12oh2alarm]

After listening again to Public Service Broadcasting's excellent "Go!" (see

I had to buy their Radio Edit along with three different Remixes. As I am writing these lines I'm listening to the Kauf Remix. There's also an Errors Remix which sounds a lot like Jean Michel Jarre, and a Louis La Roche Remix. Has anyone seen/heard JMJ in Houston long ago?

I was wondering who came up with the idea of GO/NO GO status checks.
Did NASA and their flight controllers develop it? Was is a part of the controller's engineering education?
Was it something they learned in the army/navy/air force?
Was it imported with the captured Germans who told them "Guys, we need to somehow get our BEREIT/STOP system translated?" (I'm making this up...)

[raven]

That's both an interesting question and some awesome music.
Darned if I know the answer, but I'd love to hear what the more knowledgeable members have to say.

[onebigmonkey]

As an aside, I am very much looking forward to seeing Public Service Broadcasting at the Blue Dot festival at Jodrell Bank in July:

http://www.discoverthebluedot.com/

Sadly we couldn't stretch to the whole weekend (we have another festival the weekend after!) as I think JMJ will be spectacular against the big dish backdrop

[ka9q]

I don't know who came up with "go/no go", but I do know who came up with "stay/no stay": Bill Tindall.

In one of his famous "Tindallgrams" he pointed out the very understandable confusion that might result if somewhere were to yell "GO!" after a successful lunar landing. Did it mean everything was fine, carry on with the nominal mission, or would it mean "Get off the lunar surface right now, while you can?"

[Peter B]

[snip]

I was wondering who came up with the idea of GO/NO GO status checks.
Did NASA and their flight controllers develop it? Was is a part of the controller's engineering education?
Was it something they learned in the army/navy/air force?
Was it imported with the captured Germans who told them "Guys, we need to somehow get our BEREIT/STOP system translated?" (I'm making this up...)

I can't say I know for sure, but Murray's "Apollo the Race to the Moon" gives me the impression it evolved as the whole Mission Control concept developed in the Mercury days.