Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Moon

Because my copyright was stolen in 2012 when I was in the hospital, this book is now out-of-print.
The new 2ne Edition is, "Mischief at Michoud" published by Tate Publishing.
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This book is a light-hearted story of my life before, during and after Apollo. It is not meant to be technical. This book describes the high-jinks and the funny situations of one plant out of thousands that built the Saturn V. We are the rank and file of the workers. We were not known because there were 400,000 of us.
There is a lot of information in the book such as the Navy Recovery Fleet and the Apollo Missions.
I hope you will enjoy the humor and have a relaxing read.

Note: I found out that this book does not translate well in any of the Oriental languages such as Chinese. It probably will not translate in any of the Arabic languages, either. So if you do not understand the nomenclature of the Saturn V, please do not read this book. Thank you.

WATER FROM THE MOON

OUR MOON

Some information about our Moon: It influences our Earth without being noticed such as tides and life like the rhythms of reproduction. I think it is beautiful to watch. It has pulled on our planet for billions of years.
Can we survive without it? Since Apollo Astronauts placed reflectors on the Moon, an observatory in the wilds of Texas has been firing a ruby laser at those reflectors every day. I have been there and watched the laser fire. Cool! But the bad news: our Moon is moving away from us and I was told that in about 10,000 years, there might not be ANY eclipses. Yikes! Civilization has not been in existance that long.
Did you know that our moon is the only one in the entire solar system that creates eclipses?
Recently it has been announced that another facility will be firing the laser. McDonald Observatory probably will be conducting other research.

APOLLO Contractors

I worked for Boeing-the prime and largest contractor on Apollo. Other major contractors were: North American Aviation, Douglas (McDonnell Douglas later) and IBM.
North American sub-contracted Chrysler and Rocketdyne which built the F-1 and J-2 engines. Then there was Grumann.
Here were the main facilities for the Saturn V: Seal Beach, Calif.; Huntington Beach, Calif; Michoud, La.; and Bethpage, N.Y.
Testing for the first stage the SI-C was done at the Mississippi Test Site near Bay St. Louis and at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

I will give you the specifications later of the Saturn V.

I just want you who are reading this to know that I have so much information to share that not even the people in NASA today have a clue. I can't find anyone who worked with me and that is sad.

There are very few (if any) Apollo employees online.

The Saturn V is still the largest rocket ever built.
I am so proud to have been a part of this magnificent endeavor.

When you see the Saturn V launch and you hear "ignition", that is our stage. The huge long flame just before staging is our stage, too. We boosted the Saturn V up to 38 miles in 2 1/2 minutes at 6,000 mph. We built a miracle.

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Please keep in mind that after much research, it seems that Sallie and I were the ONLY women working as engineers on the entire Saturn V. If there are more, I cannot find them. No NASA women engineers worked directly on the Saturn V.
I have received files from NASA of the women who worked for them on Apollo.

Is there Anyone reading this? A sad day

There has been one thing over the years that I am very sad about. It has been over 40 years since I worked on the magnificent rocket--the Saturn V. I have never seen or spoken to any of our Astronauts. It looks like I never will. Those of us who created a solid piece of technology for the times are alone, forgotton and thrown in the trash pile. I do not want autographs. These do not give you the measure of a man.

Anyway, no one will miss me. No one has ever read this blog.
Well, maybe one or two.

Remember,"The astronauts have the right stuff but we engineers have the REAL stuff".

P.S. Addendum. I will keep posting. Thank you everyone for your input. I need to get more traffic.

The HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

What an absolutely fabulous telescope. The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis did a wonderful job refurbishing the Hubble.

I bet there are scientists and astronomers who are waiting with bated breath until the day comes when First Light will be seen. Oh, the mysteries we will see. This mission has been one-of-a-kind and will never be seen again.

Sara's Newest Achievements

Announcements from Sara:

This book is for the kids. They really like the beautiful
pictures and easy read.
 My book has been published and is for sale on Amazon.com It is "The Biggest Explosions in The Universe" and has gorgeous pictures from the Hubble Telescope.

A SALUTE TO APOLLO 8

I have been meaning to post a salute to Apollo 8. They were the first Apollo Mission to orbit the Moon. They are dear to my heart because of what they did on Christmas Eve 1968.

The crew consisted of Frank Borman, Bill Anders and Jim Lovell. I just published a book about the stars for young readers. I have dedicated 2 pages as a salute to this special crew.

The book is "The Biggest Explosions in The Universe" and is for sale on Amazon.com

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We worked to keep our astronauts safe.

Welcome home guys!

Apollo Adventures at the Cape

Hi Sara! I worked at the Cape from June 1965 to May 1970 so I saw everything from the Saturn to the Titan. I worked in the Headquarters Bldg. and my first boss and the bosses under him were all very cool with letting us go outside to watch a launch if it was special. In fact, our big boss encouraged it. One day, we learned the Titan was going and just a few minutes before liftoff, one of the girls in my office, myself, and her sister from another office ran downstairs and jumped into her sister's car and we took off down to get as close to the pad as possible and listening to the countdown on radio. As we were at this lane on our left that went to the pad, we quickly parked and ran over to this mound (we learned later that it was a camera site and as close to the pad as we could have possibly gotten) and stood there and watched a spectacular shot that was so bright it almost blinded us as we didn't have our shades with us. No one said anything to us as we worked for Col. Petrone and his nickname was "The Rock!" He was a good guy though. Another time, one of the big ones was going and just as I got to entrance to my building, several people had gathered outside so I waited and shortly, it lifted off and the glass windows and doors in our building were moving like in shock waves! It almost gave me chills. The dog, Lassie made a couple movies out there and I was fortunate enough to get an autographed (paw print) of Lassie along with a nice photo. I still have it tucked away somewhere. I have to get busy and find all that stuff and get rid of some of my junk. I also have a packet of first day launch covers with stamps from several launches. You probably have a lot of mementos from your Rocket Scientist days. Those were the days, weren't they?
You bet-this from Hazel Lewis. Her husband was an engineer and he and his team worked on the Launch Pads. Cool! Huh!

Did You Know?

Did you know that we women who worked as Aerospace Engineers and other Engineers, Scientists and Researchers were the FIRST women in the world to do this? The Apollo program hired women with math degrees. We worked at Marshall Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Cape Canaveral and at Michoud in New Orleans. There were a few who worked for NASA but we mostly worked for the contractors. I worked for Boeing, others worked for Chrysler, North American Aviation and others. NASA was so small, it had to hire 23,000 contractors who in turn hired close to 400,000 employees. NASA wants you to think that they did everything including building the infrastructure, the launch pads, all the stages and every nut and bolt. It is funny that when NASA trots out the astronauts,
it is a dog and pony show which has been going on for 40 years. :o)
We women were the "peons in the pits" and we are "lost in space"

The Miracle that was APOLLO

Forty years ago there were many people who were very excited about a new endeavor for mankind. In the late 1950s and early 1960s a group of visionaries convinced an American president that we must mount a great effort to take men to the moon. It was begun and humanity was never the same. In 1969 two men landed on the moon and humanity was changed forever. We had taken our first steps to the stars.
Humans are explorers and adventurers. We have the genes. They are inborn in us. We are a curious species and desire to know how things work, what is over that hill and what is it like to climb the tallest mountain?

Famous Worldwide

Here is another famous photo sent around the world. These guys are still around today. And their patch is famous today.