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45 years ago at this time 6:45 pm EST July 22 , 1969 - Apollo11 is currently 162,700 miles from Earth, with velocity 4,185 feet per second, get ready for splash down and recovery !
Apollo 11 45 Yrs
"Stories From the Space Coast ".
As we continue to celebrate on the Space Coast of Florida , Apollo 11 45 yrs "Stories from the Space Coast".
"Stories From the Space Coast ".
As we continue to celebrate on the Space Coast of Florida , Apollo 11 45 yrs "Stories from the Space Coast".
One: It proved to all other countries that (quoting JFK) "We would not remain in the backwash" of technology.
Two: Proved to U.S.S.R. that Sputnik, was a mere flash on the grand scale of Space travel.
And no matter how far behind the U.S. has gotten.....that is still the American Flag sitting on the moon!! ~ Wayne West
Story by Wayne West
Control room WMEL 1300 AM
Story from Wayne West - Air Force Veteran
WMEL 1300 AM - Control Room
Picture taken by Wayne Wests Dad
My Dad snapped this picture of President Kennedy, nearly climbing inside of a "Gemini" capsule in 1966...Kennedy was a "techno-freak", obsessed with gadgets as much as I am, and often commented that JFK would often get the head-sets & talk to the technicians on a mic...When they were only 3 feet from each other. He got so into the program....it had to work!
My Dad always wondered why I was keeping so much audio & rare video while still in High School.
He did NOT share my interest in Radio & often he would say, "Why bother"?
Those comments continued from about age 10, on the very day I turned "14".
Which just happened to be July 20th, 1969.
When my father watched Neal Armstrong step on the moon he looked at me & said:
"Ok, now I know why"! And he never pestered me again!
Dad was more the engineering type... Who did "his" job, & never could see what effects the entire Apollo program had on the entire country. It leads me to mathematics, a job with NASA, and a passion for radio communications.
Today, Americans shy away from hi-tech fields & that's why China has a rover on the moon, and Japan dominates electronics & computer science. JFK pushed everyone in my generation to build it--"Make it Work""!
I hope to live long enough to see a similar "moon-rush" & subsequent race for MARS.
~ Wayne West
~ Wayne West
This weeks Laureen Trent Radio Show WMEL 1300 AM
with Wayne West clips of the Past Apollo 11 , fantastic Show
and Curt Smith Candidate County Commissioner District 4
Thank You Wayne West
for your Story its wonderful and inspiring
Happy Birthday
and Thank You for your Service to America !
for your Story its wonderful and inspiring
Happy Birthday
and Thank You for your Service to America !
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Contributor: Wayne West , Control Room WMEL 1300 , Veteran United States Air Force
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