| 1948 |
My father, an engineer, drawing rockets and
predicting that man would land on the moon within 30 years.
|
| 1950-52 |
George Pal's movie "Destination
Moon"; Willy Ley's and Chesley Bonestell's "The
Conquest of Space" |
Spring
1957 |
Joining the Swedish Interplanetary Society (among
much ridicule). [Article
in Swedish. - 1963
list of members.] |
Oct. 4,
1957 |
Vindication! But my mother hid the newspaper
on October 5th so as not to distract from my brother's birthday.
|
| 1960 |
Talking to Wernher von Braun at the IAF congress
in Stockholm |
| 1961 |
Gagarin flight. Kennedy's
announcement of the Apollo project. Visiting the IAF congress
in Washington D.C. Visiting NASA HQ. Seeing the tiny Redstone
rocket sitting in Columbus Circle in New York. |
| 1962 |
Following
John Glenn on Voice of America. First live transatlantic
TV via Telstar. |
| 1963 |
A
letter from Wernher von Braun concerning my chances for
employment at NASA, and the follow-up. |
| 1968 |
The terse
message for Apollo-8: "You are go for TLI" (Trans-lunar
injection) |
| 1969 |
Following
Apollo 11 to a successful moon landing. |
| 1970 |
Joining Swedish
Space Corporation (seems like yesterday). |
| With the help of my colleagues, I wrote a chronicle
of the first 25 years of Swedish Space Corporation in
1997. It took a lot of research to give a balanced, comprehensive
picture, but of course it also very much reflects my personal
impressions. |
