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And an interview transcript from a friend:
Ok, found out from George that he was at La Trobe Uni during Apollo 11.
Went specifically to see him today as it being the 43rd anniversary of Apollo 11. Did a little interview, here's a small sample.
He was put in charge of the samples and was responsible for making the Moon rock microscope slides and moon dust slides.
When it came time for the Moon dust, there was an armed guard stationed outside the lab doors (as when doing the rock samples) but the only real difference was when handling the dust samples - George had to walk on a flooring covered by aluminium foil. Reason - if any of the dust samples fell on the floor - he could hear it hitting the foil. He then had to get on his hands and knees and pick up whatever amount dropped. Nothing was to be wasted. For example - when some more samples arrived from NASA, they were encased in a soft - extremely flimsy - cardboard box.
Inside were the glass tubes containing the samples. The packing material between each glass tube was - wait for it - men's underwear. Y fronts to be exact!!! So, along with the flimsy box not to mention the suspect packing material, some of the glass tubes broke - spilling their contents into the box and onto the Y fronts. What did George have to do, pick all the glass out of the box - gently brush the dust off the Y fronts - and put ALL the dust into a new tube!
NASA could send men to the moon and back. But their packaging left a lot to be desired! As George says, maybe the budget went to Apollo and nothing was left - but at least they washed the Y fronts before using them as packing!
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