Bill Dana Comedian
“I was always frightened to death until I got on stage, and then I wanted to stay there forever.”
From This is True for 18 June 2017
space
NASA personnel and space-related scientists.
Harold Rosen Satellite engineer
Rosen didn’t invent the geostationary communications satellite, he “just” realized tech had caught up enough to make it practical.
From This is True for 5 February 2017
Jack King Space spokesman
King’s job was so cool, after he retired he stayed on as a volunteer.
From This is True for 14 June 2015
Oscar Holderer Rocket engineer
Holderer was the last of the 120 “Operation Paperclip” engineers.
From This is True for 10 May 2015
Alberto Enrique Behar Extraterrestrial roboticist
He helped prove that Mars once had lots of water — a requirement for life as we know it.
From This is True for 11 January 2015
Fred Ordway Rocket scientist
Ordway built spacecraft — real ones, and props.
From This is True for 6 July 2014
John Houbolt NASA engineer
Houbolt insisted NASA’s plan wrong, and risked his career to push an alternative. If he hadn’t, we wouldn’t have succeeded in landing on the moon.
From This is True for 20 April 2014
John Billingham SETI Chief
Billingham got SETI going at NASA, but Congress shut it down.
From This is True for 11 August 2013
Yvonne Brill Rocket scientist
“I reckoned they would not invent rules to discriminate against one person.”
From This is True for 31 March 2013
James R. Arnold Chemist
“He was a sound and resolute fighter on behalf of doing science” on the trips to the moon.
From This is True for 22 January 2012