The Apollo Operations Reunion Committee

The Apollo Operations Reunion Committee

Announces the Apollo 35th Anniversary Reunion Activities



July 20, 2004

and

October 12 through October 16, 2004



Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Apollo 11 35th Anniversary Reunion



Hospitality Suite at Gilruth Alamo Ballroom on Tuesday - 5 pm to 9:30 pm.

Open to our Operations members. Dress is casual. Tray food and beverages
provided.

$5.00 per person at the door.



Tuesday through Saturday
October 12-16, 2004
Apollo 35th Anniversary Reunion



October 12, 13, 14 (Tuesday through Thursday) - Hospitality Suite at Gilruth
Lone Star Room (Upstairs)

5 pm to 9:30 pm each day. Tray food and beverages provided. Dress is
casual.

$5.00 per person each day paid at door.

The usual suspects are authorized to spin their favorite Space stories. Of
course, all stories must be in accordance with our tradition that only true
stories can be told.



October 15 (Friday) - Apollo Lunar Landing Banquet Sit-Down Dinner at
Gilruth Ballroom

Social Hour 6 pm to 8 pm - Cash Bar

8 pm - Chicken Cordon Bleu Dinner

$16.00 per person (Dress is business/casual)

Only 300 dinner seats available (compared to 420 seats at previous reunions)



Seats must be purchased and postmarked by September 30th (we will be sold
out before)

Don't be shut out. Complete and submit the following form today.



October 16 (Saturday) - Event 11 am to 4 pm - Pavilion across street from
front entrance

Food and beverages provided.
$10 per person - Must be paid and postmarked by September 30th





REUNION COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Bob Legler------------- 281-679-0726 - e-mail:

Hiram Baxter---------- 281-244-7280 - e-mail:

Bob Becker------------ 281-226-5949 - e-mail:

Floyd Bennett--------- 281-212-6213 - e-mail:

Maureen Bowen------ 281-483-0547 - e-mail:

Jamye Coplin---------- 321-264-0434 - e-mail:

Gary Evans------------- 281-339-3961 - e-mail:
Marty Jenness-------- 281-326-1347 - e-mail:

Jack Knight------------ 281-483-0899 - e-mail:

Ronnie Lanier--------- 281-244-7444 - e-mail:

T. Rod Loe------------- 281-482-8941 - e-mail:
John McKenna-------- 281-244-0242 - e-mail:

Donald Puddy---------- 281-326-1817 - e-mail:


RESERVATIONS FORM



Reservations Form for Friday Banquet Dinner and Saturday Pavilion Event.
There are only 300 Banquet seats available. We could sell out early as we
sold 420 seats at the two previous reunions. Seats will be on the basis of
"first come first served." Limit Two Seats. No seats will be sold after
September 30. No refunds after October 4, 2004. Check-in list will be at
entrance.


Name _______________________ Banquet Seats (Circle: 1 or 2) @ $16.00
each = $_________



Name on Guest Name Tag ____________________________



Pavilion Event
Saturday _____ @ $10.00 each = $_________




Total = $_________





Make checks payable to: Apollo Operations Reunion. No refunds after
October 4, 2004



Complete and mail to: DA9/Apollo Operations Reunion

Johnson Space Center

2101 NASA Parkway

Houston, TX 77058



COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FOR A REUNION BOOK IF WE CAN FIND A SPONSOR.

We do not have any sponsor for a reunion book as of now; however, we will
complete a short bio and take photographs in case we can find a sponsor(s).
Include addresses and phone numbers only if you agree to put them in a
reunion book or CD-ROM or DVD. If we do not find a sponsor(s), would you
agree to an assessment of up to $10.00 for the CD-ROM or DVD?



Yes _____ No _____ Maximum __________



Name _________________________________Street
_____________________________________



City ______________________ State __________ Zip _______



E-mail ______________________________________



Apollo Job: Division _____________________ Branch
_________________________________



Description
__________________________________________________ ____________________


Currently: Retired ____________ or Working For
___________________________________



Doing:
__________________________________________________ _____________________



Gilruth Recreation Center is now outside the JSC Security fence. Entry is
on Space Center Blvd between Bay Area Blvd and NASA Parkway. Entry is
marked Gate 5 and Gilruth Center and can be anticipated by looking for the
area where the High Voltage lines (towers) cross Space Center Blvd. Gate 5
is approximately halfway between Bay Area Blvd and NASA Parkway. Holiday
Inn NASA Parkway, 281-335-0800, $44.00 for single queen bed, $54.00 for
double two queen beds.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:14:54 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
wrote:

Holiday Inn NASA Parkway, 281-335-0800, $44.00 for single queen bed, $54.00 for
double two queen beds.

....I recommend this hotel, as with one exception it's been where I've
stayed each time I've gone down to JSC. I'll give you kids three
guesses what happened the one time I stayed elsewhere :-P

OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:14:54 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
wrote:

We do not have any sponsor for a reunion book as of now; however, we will
complete a short bio and take photographs in case we can find a sponsor(s).
Include addresses and phone numbers only if you agree to put them in a
reunion book or CD-ROM or DVD. If we do not find a sponsor(s), would you
agree to an assessment of up to $10.00 for the CD-ROM or DVD?

....You know, I'd even consider showing up and doing the photos gratis
just to help this one out.

OM

--

"No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m
his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms
poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society

- General George S. Patton, Jr

Jim Oberg" wrote:

:: The usual suspects are authorized to spin their
:: favorite Space stories. Of course, all stories must
:: be in accordance with our tradition that only true
:: stories can be told.

Guess this rules out anyone 'confessing' to having flipped the
secret switch that turned Apollo 204 into a superconvection
oven, huh.

Mr. Oberg:
Apparently I have been lied to. I thought when I called you a NASA
apologist, that was supposed to have been a major faux paux from
someone who didn't know your true allegiance.
Now, I'm realizing your posts are all ABOUT NASA, and how to keep
posting from NASA, and how to keep major media organizations asking for
your opinion about NASA. So, it seems you are a sell-out, and when I
tried to call you on it a month ago, you were lying about your true
allegiance.
I guess people like myself, who pick a side and STAY THERE, are so rare
that the rest of you two-faced liars have no clue how to respond to
us.....
LaDonna
P.S. Don't like what I said? I DARE you to find a medium where they
will pit you against me. I don't SELL myself, Mr. Oberg. Apparently
you do. If I'm wrong, PROVE IT. I'll debate you any time, any where.
NAME IT.

Maybe you can figure out how Frank Borman was allowed to be "all that"
when Gus never wanted to fly with him to begin with, and Frankie used
his position on the Review Board to screw Gus in return for not
allowing him to fly on Molly Brown? Or are you so naive to think
Borman never bore a grudge? PLEASE. Borman thought he should get that
first manned Gemini flight. Do any of you NASA apologists know what
happened? Let me enlighten you. Gus said, and I QUOTE, "I am going to
select the very best crew for Gemini 3, and (AGAIN QUOTING), you AIN'T
IT."
Maybe you folks ought to figure out the REAL history of the space
program before you take one or two soundbites and decide you know it
all.
I guarantee I know far more about the early program than all of you
combined.
Wake up, or shut up.
LaDonna

wrote in message
...
Mr. Oberg:
Apparently I have been lied to.

If you **** people off, there's no reason for them to tell you the truth.

I guess people like myself, who pick a side and STAY THERE

Regardless of the facts

I don't SELL myself, Mr. Oberg.

OK, so you don't charge Betty.

I'll debate you any time, any where.

Why should he bother with a bug like you? Chivalry dictates that the
opponent needs to be a worthy challenge, and you're far out of his league.

wrote in message
...
Maybe you can figure out how Frank Borman was allowed to be "all that"
when Gus never wanted to fly with him to begin with

Cite, please.

, and Frankie used
his position on the Review Board to screw Gus in return

This from the person who had Gus panicking and acting unprofessional during
the fire.

Borman thought he should get that
first manned Gemini flight.

Why does that make him any different from *all of the other* astronauts?

Gus said, and I QUOTE, "I am going to
select the very best crew for Gemini 3, and (AGAIN QUOTING), you AIN'T
IT."

Cite, please.

I guarantee I know far more about the early program than all of you
combined.

Prove it. Let's see your sources.

Maybe you can figure out how Frank Borman was allowed to be "all that"
when Gus never wanted to fly with him to begin with, and Frankie used
his position on the Review Board to screw Gus in return for not
allowing him to fly on Molly Brown? Or are you so naive to think
Borman never bore a grudge? PLEASE. Borman thought he should get that
first manned Gemini flight. Do any of you NASA apologists know what
happened? Let me enlighten you. Gus said, and I QUOTE, "I am going to
select the very best crew for Gemini 3, and (AGAIN QUOTING), you AIN'T
IT."
Maybe you folks ought to figure out the REAL history of the space
program before you take one or two soundbites and decide you know it
all.

Source?

According to "Deke!" (and I can give you a page number if you want), Slayton
originally had Grissom and Borman flying the 14 day Gemini flight together (at
the time GT 6). When Shepard was grounded and Grissom was bumped up to GT 3
commander Slayton retained Borman because Deke wanted him on that 14 day
mission.

History is based on sources of information. Which you have not provided. WHERE
ARE YOU QUOTING FROM?

There are plenty of sources that reveal personal differences between astronauts
(McDivitt and Cernan for example...or more recently Bonnie Dunbar and Norm
Thagard). Why not what you aledge about Grissom and Borman?

-A.L.

Soylent Plaid wrote in message . ..
Jim Oberg" wrote:

:: The usual suspects are authorized to spin their
:: favorite Space stories. Of course, all stories must
:: be in accordance with our tradition that only true
:: stories can be told.

Guess this rules out anyone 'confessing' to having flipped the
secret switch that turned Apollo 204 into a superconvection
oven, huh.

would that be the A & C roll switch.......