Apollo 11 and the Woman Who Helped Get It Home _on Planetary Radio
Poppy Northcutt was a pioneer”the first woman to work as an engineer in Apollo Mission Control Poppy Northcutt was a pioneer”the first woman to work as an engineer in Apollo Mission Control. The program she helped to create got the astronauts back to Earth. Fifty years later, she sits down with Mat Kaplan for a look back. Youll also hear Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin at a 50th anniversary celebration. And well get a LightSail 2 update from Bruce Betts. Learn more about this weeks topics at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0717-2019-poppy-northcutt-apollo.html
Featured Speakers: Attorney and former Apollo engineer Poppy Northcutt, Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts, Host Mat Kaplan
This show was broadcast on July 23, 2019.
