Behind the Sign

September 3, 2019

Day Five: Software, Bill Tindall, and the Little Old Ladies

Bill Tindall, a noted NASA engineer and manager, was responsible for herding an MIT department of high tech cats whose software development activities were poised to make or break the Apollo program.

September 3, 2019

Day Four: The Vindication of John C. Houbolt

Elton John may have been Rocket Man, but John C. Houbolt was Rendezvous Man. His persistent genius enabled the Apollo program to get a man on the Moon and back again with the smallest possible rocket.

September 2, 2019

Day Three: The Fourth Crew Member

While it might seem primitive by today's computing standards, the Apollo Guidance Computer was a miracle of technology in 1969. It was the fourth crew member on the Apollo mission.

August 29, 2019

Day Two: Inertial Guidance (The Story of Doc Draper)

The first major challenge facing NASA with landing a man on the Moon was figuring out how to get there. If that sounds simplistic, look […]

August 28, 2019

Day One: On The Shoulders of Multitudes

Imagine filling four major sports arenas and you have a rough idea of the number of people who made it possible to put humans on the Moon.

August 27, 2019

The Full Speed of Freedom

Welcome to the first in our Meyer Sign series on the Apollo 11 mission. In this episode, we look at the Cold War context of this great American achievement.

August 14, 2019

Where Were You on July 20, 1969?

Where were you when humans first walked on the Moon? Welcome to the first in our Apollo 11 commemorative series.

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