Show The Moon Landing and American Business Our landing of astronauts on the moon represents the fulfillment of one of mans man's oldest dreams and a truly remarkable remarkable re reo technological achievement For centuries man has wanted to explore explore ex the moon and discover its secrets And for centuries he has left his dream unfulfilled for unfulfilled for lack of technological knowledge When we witness this supreme achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment we see the off lift-off the live television tele te vision broadcasts and the glamorous equipment that makes the flight ight spectacular ular Yet we often orten fail to realize that each section of the space sace vehicle is composed compos compos- ed of hundreds o of pf thousands of parts which in themselves are seemingly unexciting unexciting unexciting un un- exciting but which perform functions functions- vital to the success of othe the mission Take for example an extremely accurate ac curate long duration timer used in the Early Apollo Apolio Scientific Experiments Payload Payload Pay Pay- lo load package in the recent moon shot Using the same basic movement that thatis is found In the Bulova Watch Company's timepiece the sophisticated timer performs an essential function in inthe inthe inthe the package The package left on the moons moon's surface surface sur sur- face by Astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin Aldrin Aldrin Ald- Ald rin will measure quakes moon and other movements of the moons moon's interior The equipment was programmed before be fore foie off lift o and will t transmit seismic ill data for just over a a year In the recent moon shot literally thousands of mechanisms like Bulovas Bulova's timer performed perfectly after the charring heat of take-off take and in the extreme cold of the moons moon's surface Our moon landing is not only a tribute tribute tri trl bute to the courage of the Astronauts but to the scientists working on the pro pro- It is also a tribute to the technological technological technological tech tech- knowledge and precision manufacturing man manufacturing capabilities of American bus iness |