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Gary,
Brilliant post
What a remarkable Australian
I followed the Apollo missions as a space kid and teenager and never heard of an Australian Apollo Astronaut as you always thought they were all American
My Aunt moved to Los Angles in 1946 ,married a US marine and started a new life over there. She was lucky enough to land a job with Rockwell then Rocketdyne as a PA to one of the big Managers.She would always send me Apollo merchandise during the late 60’s early 70’s.Family here in Australia said my Aunt met Neil Armstrong but I thinks it’s just a bit of family folk law , maybe he visited one of the facilities and my Aunt waved to him from her office window ???
So I suppose I had a family link to Project Apollo
Also my neighbour 2 doors up in Sydney is the cousin of Paul Scully Power , the first Australian astronaut to orbit the earth. He was mission specialist in the Shuttle program on STS41
Thanks for sharing this story about our own “Apollo Astronaut”
Thanks also for the links
Martin
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