In my teens and early 20s, I was a serious fanboy of the first three manned space programs (Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo). I read everything I could get my hands one, listened to radio programs, and watched the very limited footage available on television back then. Several personalities loomed large after that immersion, and one of them was
Guenter Wendt – the famously authoritarian “owner” of
the white room at the top of the gantry. Guenter was the last person the astronauts saw after they were sealed in their capsule.
Guenter Wendt died on May 3, at age 85.
No comments:
Post a Comment