Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted January 13, 2010 Showmasters Admin Share Posted January 13, 2010 A really superb guest for all you space fans. Gerry will be with us all weekend. Gerald D. "Gerry" Griffin is a pioneer in human space flight for the U.S. space program. He is the former director of the NASA-Johnson Space Center in Houston, Deputy Director at the NASA-Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center in California. In the early days of his career, he was lead flight director in Mission Control for three lunar landings during the Apollo program, and was an integral part of the team that helped the astronauts of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after their oxygen tank exploded on their journey to the moon. His real-life experience during this near disaster caught the attention of Hollywood, and he was hired as technical advisor on the 1995 Universal Pictures' blockbuster, Apollo 13. He has since consulted, and even acted, in two other space-oriented major motion pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Fooku Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Thats the sort of thing we like to see!! Great job on getting him along Edited January 13, 2010 by Count Fooku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descartes Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Well done Showmasters. A first class space guest to announce. There will be a lot of satisfied space punters happy with this one. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldrin Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 SUPERB! And he's one of the friendliest blokes you could hope to meet! Nice one! keep 'em coming showmasters!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannerzzz09 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Well Done Showmasters. Gerry is a superb guest..now keep those space guests rolling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Dawson's Express Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Excellent, well done Showmasters, he really is a giant from the good ol' days of real spaceflight Keep 'em coming von Dawson's Express PS Ed Mitchell is over here giving a lecture - will he be at Autgraphica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prendy9160 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 well done a good name in the show, what about Gene Kranz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descartes Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 well done a good name in the show, what about Gene Kranz Strongly second that. What a great combination that would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt2997 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Excellent, well done Showmasters, he really is a giant from the good ol' days of real spaceflight Keep 'em coming von Dawson's Express PS Ed Mitchell is over here giving a lecture - will he be at Autgraphica? Where is this lecture?? Website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannerzzz09 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Where is this lecture?? Website? Hi, See here for details on the Mitchell lecture (tickets just £30): http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum23/HTML/002458.html Regards,Shane.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearwater Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Mr Griffin is an excellent support-act, but we all wait with bated breath for some Astronauts to be announced! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
descartes Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Comment from the Smithsonian Magazine 'Air and Space' (November 2006): 'Astronauts get the glory, but flight directors run the show'. A reason to cosider the inclusion of Gerry Griffin as an event of major significance. Kudos to the Showmasters Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwin1974 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 If you could get Haise and Lovell to come aswell then that would be fantastic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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