In california on a hot afternoon in pasadena for our monthly Public Lecture series. Im preston dikes. 50 years ago three human beings set out on a journey across a quarter million miles of space to the moon. Two of them set down in a fragile Landing Craft on the lunar surface, and one of them stepped into history uttering a phrase we all know by heart. For that one human being to make that one small step took the focussed efforts of hundreds of thousands of people over the course of a decade. An industry and universities and in government. For their part, jpl and cal tech didnt play the leading roles in the apollo effort, but for all who contributed to apollo, as for all of us who play even a small role in the Space Program today, the true reward lay not in the glory of the moment but in contributing to something greater. Something that mattered. Jpl ease primary role then and now is to help lead the Robotic Exploration of the solar system including technologies that contributed to apo
Hello and welcome to nasas jet repulsion laboratory in pasadena. A hot afternoon and for our monthly Public Lecture series, im preston dyches. 50 years ago three human beings set out on a journey across a quarter of 1 million miles of space to the moon. Two of them sat down on a fragile Landing Craft and one stepped into history uttering a phrase we know by heart. For that one human being to make the one small step to the efforts of hundreds of thousands of people over the course of a decade. In industry, universities, and government. Didnt play the leading roles but for all who contributed to play a small role in the Space Program today, something that mattered. The primary role is to help lead the robotic explanation of the road of the system developing Communication Technologies that contributed to apollo. Used for communicating to all spacecraft. It was used to receive the astronauts tv transmissions from the moon and was also a Vital Communications backup especially during the ten
At how the lab contributed to the Apollo Program and moon landings. What scientists learned about the rocks and other materials gathered during the mission. The event took place on the gpl campus in pasadena california. Welcome to Nasas Jet Propulsion Laboratory in pasadena california. I am preston dikes. Three human beings set out on a journey across a mortar dashed across a quarter of a million miles of space to the moon. Two of them sat down on a fragile set down on a fragile landing craft. For that one human being to make that small step took the focused efforts of hundreds of thousands of people. Did not playch leading roles in the apollo effort. For all who contributed to wholo, as for all of us even play small role in the States Program today, the true reward lay not in the glory of the moment but to contributing to something greater. Jpls primary role during this festering apollo, deep Space Network was used to receive tv transitions from the moon. It was a vital communication