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In article <n0d0at@ofa123.fidonet.org> Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
>Bill Higgins proclaims:
>>>>It worked, too.  Southerners put us on the Moon...

>>> At Lewis there is a persistant rumor that they could not have
>>>done it  without some help from North of the Mason-Dixon line...

>   And a few California drawls too, dude....

Well as long as everybody is claiming local credit let's not forget
the Great State of Michigan. Home of the University of Michigan and
the world's first degree program in Aeronautical Engineering.

The local Bendix plant built the ALSEP packages which ran flawlessly
on the moon for several years. Many of the parents of my childhood
friends worked on that project. Alas they then lost their jobs when
the last one flew :-(.

You can find a list of major contractors in the 20th anaversary Appollo
XI Press Kit available from the Smithsonian (or come to think of it from
the Ann Arbor Space Society; I think we have some left).

 Allen

PS. BTW, the first extra-terrestrial school reunion happened during
    Appollo 15 where the entire crew consisted of UM grads.

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