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Buel
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posted 06-13-2015 01:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buel   Click Here to Email Buel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Please can anyone help me find out the names of the people who worked in the Apollo mission evaluation room?

I know the truly fascinating Don Arabian was the lead but don't really know any of the other guys other than Jerry Woodfill. Any help would be appreciated.

davbal
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posted 06-15-2015 12:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for davbal   Click Here to Email davbal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Joe Mechelay worked for Arabian and was the one who made the MER work. He organized the process and managed one of the shifts during the Apollo missions and could be found helping during all critical phases of any flight.

Peter downunder
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posted 06-22-2015 05:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Peter downunder   Click Here to Email Peter downunder     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you have a copy of Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox's "Apollo: The Race to the Moon," it covers that room in some detail. A terrific read, but I'm not sure how many names... it names.

On edit: I'm just having a quick read of Apollo; The MER gets quite a mention, but Arabian seems to be the only one named. Sid Jones is mentioned as the shift leader when 13's tank blew.

Buel
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posted 04-02-2016 09:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buel   Click Here to Email Buel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by davbal:
Joe Mechelay worked for Arabian and was the one who made the MER work.
Does anyone know if Joe Mechelay is still with us?

Buel
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posted 12-24-2018 11:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buel   Click Here to Email Buel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation video

Andy Anderson
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posted 12-25-2018 07:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Andy Anderson   Click Here to Email Andy Anderson     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just one more name of the many —

Owen G. Morris who worked in the MER on Apollo 11 as a Chief Engineer for the lunar module.

Buel
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posted 12-25-2018 11:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buel   Click Here to Email Buel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fascinating! There are so many more that I/we don't know of! Thank you for this.

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