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Topic: Joe Mechelay, MER manager (1934-2020)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-28-2020 01:03 PM
   
Joseph Mechelay, who was a U.S. Air Force engineer on the Dyna Soar program before joining NASA in 1963 as an Apollo lunar module engineer and then rose to be the manager of the Mission Evaluation Room (MER), died on Sunday (April 26, 2020). He was 85. Joe's self-identity was his love and commitment to NASA – he simply lived for it. In 1972 Joe became the manager of NASA's Mission Evaluation Room; otherwise known as "The MER." Joe guided the MER for 18 years including the final Apollo missions, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle missions. In 1990, he retired from NASA and began an extensive consulting career supporting NASA with the Shuttle program. Mechelay took part in the Johnson Space Center's oral history project in 2000. |
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