Told my gf I believed him to be wearing an Aggie ring. She gives eye-roll. "How can you even tell?"
Looked it up later and it's Gerry Griffin, Flight Director for the Apollo missions. FTA Class of 1956.
Whoop!!!
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Told my gf I believed him to be wearing an Aggie ring. She gives eye-roll. "How can you even tell?"
Looked it up later and it's Gerry Griffin, Flight Director for the Apollo missions. FTA Class of 1956.
Whoop!!!
Is he still alive?
Irish_Man said:
Is he still alive?
Yes, he's 83.
He had the War Hymn played on the Moon:
https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144681/1972-aggie-war-hymn-played-on-the-moon/
https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144681/1972-aggie-war-hymn-played-on-the-moon/
ChiliBeans said:
He had the War Hymn played on the Moon:
https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144681/1972-aggie-war-hymn-played-on-the-moon/
I've never heard that and it's awesome!
I had no idea how much audio was recorded and available online until I saw that article.
ChiliBeans said:
He had the War Hymn played on the Moon:
https://www.aggienetwork.com/news/144681/1972-aggie-war-hymn-played-on-the-moon/
He played the War Hymn for Alan Bean who was a graduate of Texas. This started the tradition of playing wake up music.
This thread... delivers. Thank you.
Mr. Griffin's son was one of my upper classmen in the FTAB.
There have been a crapton of Aggies at NASA, including several flight directors.
https://today.tamu.edu/2012/09/05/aggies-at-nasa-having-fun-and-great-careers-at-warp-speed/
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/griffin.html
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/89504732.html
https://today.tamu.edu/2012/09/05/aggies-at-nasa-having-fun-and-great-careers-at-warp-speed/
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/griffin.html
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/89504732.html
I wish that were true, but the tradition dates back to December 1965 during Gemini VI.
https://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
ETA: Scrolling thru the listing, it looks like the high-water mark of wake-up calls was STS-7 (in June 1983), commanded by Bob Crippen, who is a longhorn. By that time, Gerry Griffin had been promoted to JSC Center Director. Every morning's wake-up call during that mission was the Aggie War Hymn.
https://history.nasa.gov/wakeup%20calls.pdf
ETA: Scrolling thru the listing, it looks like the high-water mark of wake-up calls was STS-7 (in June 1983), commanded by Bob Crippen, who is a longhorn. By that time, Gerry Griffin had been promoted to JSC Center Director. Every morning's wake-up call during that mission was the Aggie War Hymn.
Mike Fossum - Vice President of TAMUG and retired astronaut is an Ag. Yes, of course, and several astronauts have advanced degrees from A&M. I was just focusing on Flight Directors, of which, a disproportionate number have been Ags.reveille23 said:
Mike Fossum - Vice President of TAMUG and retired astronaut is an Ag.
My guess is that you can't throw a rock at NASA without hitting an Aggie.
Fossum posted on AO while stationed on the ISS.
I forget which poster set it up, but the poster was about to leave NASA and set everything up before his last day.
I forget which poster set it up, but the poster was about to leave NASA and set everything up before his last day.
EMY92 said:
Fossum posted on AO while stationed on the ISS.
I forget which poster set it up, but the poster was about to leave NASA and set everything up before his last day.
triplemiller and WatchOle set it up. Mike's handle is Astro80 and posted a farewell to triplemiller from the ISS.
I met Gerry Griffin a few years ago at Spacefest. I got him to autograph a copy of that picture and add a "Gig 'Em" to it. He told me that his Aggie ring went up to the moon on one of the Apollo Missions. He donated it to A&M and it will be on display somewhere in the new Zachry.
That is awesome!X-43 said:
I met Gerry Griffin a few years ago at Spacefest. I got him to autograph a copy of that picture and add a "Gig 'Em" to it. He told me that his Aggie ring went up to the moon on one of the Apollo Missions. He donated it to A&M and it will be on display somewhere in the new Zachry.