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thepezdspencer3279 karma

I do. Here's one: http://imgur.com/5pr643w People have asked me if we really went to the moon or not. I always said, the math never lies. If you can prove one error in the math, you can prove we didn't go to the moon.

thepezdspencer1747 karma

Sorry. He just laughs it off.

thepezdspencer1714 karma

It was very intense. We really wondered if they were going to make it alive. It was extremely dangerous. It gave us all heart attacks. When the landing occurred, I was actually at home. We had made the launch so my duties and responsibility were over.

thepezdspencer1692 karma

When I took the job, I didn't even know a moon landing was on the table. We were just busy trying to keep the Russians at bay. It was strictly a defensive job at first. Initially it was a joint program for testing long range missiles for Army, Navy, Air Force together. In fact, before NASA, we were called the "Long Range Proving Ground". NASA came after all this.

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I also have a block diagram/schematic of the command and control system we used. The system was a single point of control for the range control system. We used this to ensure that we could detonate any errant missiles in case something went wrong. We also used it to control airplanes by radio remotely, or turn off/on switches. We even used it one time to send a signal remotely cut a ribbon to open a state fair in another state.