| NASA Center: |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Image # : |
022 |
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| Date : |
03/16/1961
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Title
Goddard Space Flight Center Dedication Ceremony
Full Description
By March 16, 1961, enough work had been completed to formally
dedicate the new NASA research center named in honor of
America's great rocket innovator, Robert H. Goddard. Before the
dedication ceremony actually took place, though, Goddard's
always innovative employees were once again put to the test. A
week before the event, the Secret Service told Goddard's
Director of Administration, Mike Vaccaro, that he had to install
a fence because President Kennedy might attend the dedication,
and the campus was not secure. Although it rained for a week,
Vaccaro found a contractor who worked 24 hours a day in the rain
and mud cutting down trees and installing a chain link fence.
But Vaccaro's troubles did not end there. Someone then noticed
the Center did not have a flagpole. Vaccaro had three days to
find one and still comply with government procurement
regulations. An employee located a flagpole at a school that was
closing down, and Vaccaro wrote a specification that described
the pole so precisely that only the school could fit the bill.
Workers moved the flagpole to the entrance gate?where it still
stands today.
Keywords
Goddard Space Flight Center Dedication Mike Vaccaro Robert Goddard GSFC
Subject Category
NASA Management,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GSFC
- Center Number:
022
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000114
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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