That story might take longer, but I still want to deliver some goods.
So, my wife’s grandmother saved some purchase requests from her time working in procurement at NASA.
I’m about to present my findings at UT in a few weeks and will be my first time sharing the details publicly. I’m a non-traditional community college student and I turned the documents we inherited into a relative thing.
I got funding from my CC and another institution to travel and do primary source research in D.C.
Aside from a memo existing somewhere I haven’t looked saying otherwise, my research strongly indicates a specific manufacturer, I would say to a 99.9% assurance. Same for 12. Maaaaaaybe 17.
Also the surviving earth bound flags and that one sent around the moon by Artemis II.
I’m writing an article for publication in a peer review journal, I’ve got about two weeks of writing left going at a 500-600 word a day limit.
A set of the purchase requests saved by wife’s grandmother. We inherited four sets of the documents on NCR originals. We donated a set to a certain institution in DC and they were quickly accessioned.
Most research in the area is situated at a high level or technical, I’ve been getting into the nitty gritty. Not only with the documents in my possession, but also with some things I found in the archives.
Like NASA actively pulling a Gandalf at MSC, you know, *keep it secret; keep it safe*
I’m gonna edit out some info but I’ll attach something I guarantee you haven’t ever seen before related to Apollo. Even the experts believed them to be destroyed. All it took was one woman with the foresight to save them in a box for nearly six decades.
TLDR: I’ve done the research and I’m gonna tell every little detail soon.
On the story front, media moves as fast as urgency. This is a relatively evergreen topic, so the urgency for it to be a priority ahead of more urgent news isn’t there yet.
But until then, I’m sorry for delaying so long. Ad astra!