Christopher Cacioppo, Susan Cacioppo, and Michael Cacioppo
Recorded
February 11, 2021
Archived
February 11, 2021
44:08 minutes
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Id:
mby020422
Description
Christopher Cacioppo (48) interviews his parents, Susan Cacioppo (77) and Michael Cacioppo (77), on the work they did as a software developer and software engineer for the Apollo Lunar Lander Project.Subject Log / Time Code
CC asks SC and MC what they did on the Apollo Project.
MC talks about a thermal engineer who wanted to receive all of the thermal data and shares that there were 7 to 8 boxes full of data that they delivered to the engineer's desk.
SC talks about working in a field that was dominated by men. She talks about being in a strange field that men didn't feel that women belonged.
CC: "You guys were right out of school and then someone gave you a project of helping us land on the moon. That...that sounds crazy."
CC talks about being in front of the Lunar Module at the Smithsonian and remembers calling his dad who was able to walk him, from memory, through all the different parts and functions.
CC asks MC and SC how they felt when they launched Apollo.
CC asks MC and SC how they met on the Lunar Project.
SC and MC talk about how they got their jobs.
CC asks SC and MC what they remember the most from their experience working on the Lunar Project.
Participants
- Christopher Cacioppo
- Susan Cacioppo
- Michael Cacioppo