This week’s episode of HODINKEE Radio represents one of many cooler hours of my journalistic profession. Early final Thursday morning, I hopped into an Uber, drove via a nearly-empty New York Metropolis, and boarded a flight to Orlando, Florida. My final vacation spot? The Kennedy Area Middle in Cape Canaveral.
Omega was internet hosting three days of programming to have a good time the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon touchdown, and James was already down there to cowl it for us (hopefully you caught a number of the highlights on our Instagram Tales). However Omega was additionally in a position to organize one thing fairly particular for us – so particular, actually that it warranted a mid-week day journey to Florida, no questions requested.
Lower than two hours after wheels-down, I discovered myself sitting throughout a desk from Normal Tom Stafford. If, for some loopy purpose, you don’t know who Normal Stafford is, it is truthful to say he is a NASA legend. I haven’t got room right here to record all of his accomplishments and firsts, however he flew two Gemini missions, Apollo 10, and Apollo-Soyuz, he ran R&D for the U.S. Navy on the top of the Chilly Warfare, and he is additionally been on the board of Omega for the reason that early ’80s and lead growth of the X-33. And that solely scratches the floor. The person is as real-deal because it will get and shockingly humble although calling him a “real American hero” is probably going an understatement. Spending this time with him was sincerely a privilege.
You are not going to listen to a ton of James or me on this one, as we each kinda simply needed to soak in every part Normal Stafford needed to share. It is higher that approach, I promise.
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