John Neer on June 18, 2012 at 1:37 pm said:

A great start; great project and a great beginning for those of us who were there in the 60’s and 70’s. Got there in ’66 and had the great experience working with Harold, Tony, Al Owens, Roger Clapp and so many more great people.
Documented some of the amazing work Don Williams did for Hal and Syncom; brilliant and a sad ending there.

Then there was the GYROSTAT andTony (with John Thomas and Bernie Burns). TacSAT(308), HS318, 312 and others–fuels slosh testing, nutation stability, flat spin recover….–what a kick all that was!.
Great experience working on all the INTELSAT IV launches back in DC at COMSAT), then coming out here to the Denver area in the early 70’s and then back to Virginia in ’76 to be on the receiving end of that system and in charge of on site ops. When Tony asked me to join the program in ’72, I thought he and whoever cooked that system up were nuts. He said if you don’t think it can be done, I’ll find someone else. That hooked me with others like Dr. Brackey, Mike Gianelli, and many other “A” students. Collectively amazingly things happened and in 4 years!

Then there was the Masters Fellowship program; what a gift that was. The ticket out of Ohio and on to new things for Patti and I. Lastly, was the five years attending the special Feynman Malibu Lecture Series ’66-’72. What a lasting experience that was to top off my formal education. Only at Hughes would all of this happens.

Will look forward to others latching on and contributing; this legacy is truly unique.

John (aka J.T.Neer 60898, org 40)

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- John Neer on June 18, 2012 at 7:39 pm said:
  
  Jack
  Will do. Did you know Puckett chose Ford over GM and the HHMI gave him that decision authority…until GM floated a $1B note and trumped Ford’s offer by a large enough offer the HHMI had no choice. It was an interesting process to be a part of across the table on the Ford side at the time.
  John
  PS Did we cross paths back in those early days? Where were you?
  
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