Interesting that you bring this movie up...I worked as a camp counselor at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Space Camp) in 1994 when Tom Hanks and crew came to do "research" for the movie. We gave them a tour of the museum, put them in the shuttle simulator, mission control, the 1/6 gravity moon walk simulator, multi-axis trainer, MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) and all the other fun stuff there. I think they also took a tour of Marshall Space Flight Center, but I wasn't part of that activity. We weren't allowed to mention their presence to the campers or the media and we did alot of the stuff with them after hours and closed off entire portions of the facility to public access during regular hours.
Alan Shepard also made an appearance at the USSRC at about that time. I can't remember if he met the Apollo 13 movie crew or not.
Ironically, before I began working at USSRC I had always believed space history as it was taught to me throughout my school years. I remember watching the Saturn V rockets launching on TV and drawing pictures of them in grade school. Not until I began working there did I actually start to think about the missions, the technology needed, the political climate, and all other facets involved. I never had doubts until after I began working there.
After getting more and more interested and curious about the space program, I started asking questions about things that seemed illogical and inconsistent to me pertaining to the Apollo missions. Apparently, questioning the integrity of NASA is not a very good political move when you are employed by USSRC. I was harassed very frequently by several people there after I began doubting our presence on the moon. I also began to feel like an impostor, promoting a lie everytime I had to teach space flight history to campers.
My last day there was also ironic...July 20, 1994, the same day NASA allegedly landed on the moon. I had to quit as I felt I was just promoting a lie and that I couldn't trust anything that I thought I knew about the US Space program anymore. I would not be part of the Apollo coverup and massive miseducation of the public. In my defense though, I still wanted to believe it, I just wanted a reasonable explanation to my questions. I remain a firm believer that to this day, we have still NEVER landed on the moon.
I'll be real disappointed with this country if we don't try to get going again in space. We haven't done a damn thing in the last 20 years.
Interesting that you bring this movie up...I worked as a camp counselor at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Space Camp) in 1994 when Tom Hanks and crew came to do "research" for the movie. We gave them a tour of the museum, put them in the shuttle simulator, mission control, the 1/6 gravity moon walk simulator, multi-axis trainer, MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) and all the other fun stuff there. I think they also took a tour of Marshall Space Flight Center, but I wasn't part of that activity. We weren't allowed to mention their presence to the campers or the media and we did alot of the stuff with them after hours and closed off entire portions of the facility to public access during regular hours.
Alan Shepard also made an appearance at the USSRC at about that time. I can't remember if he met the Apollo 13 movie crew or not.
Ironically, before I began working at USSRC I had always believed space history as it was taught to me throughout my school years. I remember watching the Saturn V rockets launching on TV and drawing pictures of them in grade school. Not until I began working there did I actually start to think about the missions, the technology needed, the political climate, and all other facets involved. I never had doubts until after I began working there.
After getting more and more interested and curious about the space program, I started asking questions about things that seemed illogical and inconsistent to me pertaining to the Apollo missions. Apparently, questioning the integrity of NASA is not a very good political move when you are employed by USSRC. I was harassed very frequently by several people there after I began doubting our presence on the moon. I also began to feel like an impostor, promoting a lie everytime I had to teach space flight history to campers.
My last day there was also ironic...July 20, 1994, the same day NASA allegedly landed on the moon. I had to quit as I felt I was just promoting a lie and that I couldn't trust anything that I thought I knew about the US Space program anymore. I would not be part of the Apollo coverup and massive miseducation of the public. In my defense though, I still wanted to believe it, I just wanted a reasonable explanation to my questions. I remain a firm believer that to this day, we have still NEVER landed on the moon.
Dude, where have you been? Have you even been following the space program, unlike the majority of the population that doesn't think NASA does anything but crash space shuttles? There are many innovations within the past 20 years (especially in the medical field) we all take for granted that are a direct result of discoveries made by astronauts in microgravity. They do all this with a relatively small budget that pay huge dividends to society that most don't appreciate.
Interesting that you bring this movie up...I worked as a camp counselor at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Space Camp) in 1994 when Tom Hanks and crew came to do "research" for the movie. We gave them a tour of the museum, put them in the shuttle simulator, mission control, the 1/6 gravity moon walk simulator, multi-axis trainer, MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) and all the other fun stuff there. I think they also took a tour of Marshall Space Flight Center, but I wasn't part of that activity. We weren't allowed to mention their presence to the campers or the media and we did alot of the stuff with them after hours and closed off entire portions of the facility to public access during regular hours.
Alan Shepard also made an appearance at the USSRC at about that time. I can't remember if he met the Apollo 13 movie crew or not.
Ironically, before I began working at USSRC I had always believed space history as it was taught to me throughout my school years. I remember watching the Saturn V rockets launching on TV and drawing pictures of them in grade school. Not until I began working there did I actually start to think about the missions, the technology needed, the political climate, and all other facets involved. I never had doubts until after I began working there.
After getting more and more interested and curious about the space program, I started asking questions about things that seemed illogical and inconsistent to me pertaining to the Apollo missions. Apparently, questioning the integrity of NASA is not a very good political move when you are employed by USSRC. I was harassed very frequently by several people there after I began doubting our presence on the moon. I also began to feel like an impostor, promoting a lie everytime I had to teach space flight history to campers.
My last day there was also ironic...July 20, 1994, the same day NASA allegedly landed on the moon. I had to quit as I felt I was just promoting a lie and that I couldn't trust anything that I thought I knew about the US Space program anymore. I would not be part of the Apollo coverup and massive miseducation of the public. In my defense though, I still wanted to believe it, I just wanted a reasonable explanation to my questions. I remain a firm believer that to this day, we have still NEVER landed on the moon.
I remain a firm believer that to this day, we have still NEVER landed on the moon.