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... Vance D. Brand - Interviewed by Rebecca Wright''' '''Houston, Texas – 25 July 2000''' '''Wright:''' Today is July 25th, the year 2000. This oral history is being conducted with Vance Brand at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The interviewer is Rebecca Wright with the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Thank you again, Mr. Brand, for visiting ...

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... the Johnson Space Center Oral History Project at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Sandra Johnson is the interviewer and is assisted by Rebecca Wright ... , I was assigned to the first Harrier squadron. The Harrier was a brand-new airplane back then, and they were putting airplanes and people ... kind of fun. I got involved with that on STS-5, with Vance’s crew. Then on STS-9 I was involved with it ...

... in Washington, D.C., and the first date that we went on was to an air show at Andrews. So I had a brand-new driver’s license, a brand-new girlfriend, and ... few days in Houston, getting adjusted to not just a new job, but truly a brand-new career, because not only was it new for you, it was new for the ... , so not only was I intrigued with airplanes, but I was also intrigued with this brand, Ferrari, and I began buying Ferraris and had a series of them. But at Langley ...

... , but I didn’t interact with the decision process extensively. '''Rusnak:''' Is there anything you’d like to say about Walt Kapryan? I’m just curious about him personally. '''Aldrich:''' Walt ... from here down there. In fact, it was kind of like going home. We were brand-new in Houston. Everything was new and different, and we went back to the Cape ... . This thing, now, we’d flown Geminis before, we’d had all this experience over the past, and we were comfortable with our spacecraft. We docked with this brand-new unknown thing and ...

... thing… These atmospheric electricity guys… were eleated over that. "Oh, look, they triggered lightning." They'd been studying trigger lightning… and here’s an actual case. It was a big deal ... was called. And so they had insured the thing, so Western Union was getting a brand-new satellite, because they weren't going to use this satellite over. Well, this insurance ... ’ve certainly had a fascinating career. '''Annexstad:''' Oh, I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. '''Butler:''' I’d like to give Kevin a chance now to ask you a couple of questions. '''Rusnak ...

... 2004''' /The questions in this transcript were asked during an oral history session with Harold D. Beck. Beck has amended the answers for clarification purposes. As a result, this transcript does ... recording. / '''Wright:''' Today is December 9th, 2004. This oral history is being conducted with Harold D. Hal Beck in Houston, Texas, for the NASA for the Johnson Space Center Oral History ... started developing the capability to go to the Moon, and of course, that was a brand-new activity. How do you simulate the Earth-Moon system with a computer? Especially when ...

... . That was the foregone conclusion, that they were building this new Space Center outside Washington, D.C., and this group was just temporarily housed at Langley to eventually move there. I ... they were lifting the iron manhole covers off. '''Butler:''' Wow. Okay, they have their different brand of weather. '''Cassetti:''' That's true. The weather was a little more cooperative. '''Butler:''' How ...

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