Brooks Moore

Brooks Moore

Brooks was raised in Heiberger, AL. After high school, he would join the Navy, then attend school at Auburn, recieving an electrical engineering BS, then earning a master's in the same from Georgia Tech. Following school, he went to work at the Naval Research Station in Panama City. Brooks would then begin work in Huntsville in 1953, beginning with development inspection, then shortly joining guidance and control and working on the Redstone program (especially control simulations). He continued to work on Jupiter (where he took on more guidance-specific work), as well as on the Explorer program. In 1960, he would become a charter member of the MSFC, as the director of the Guidance and Control division. He would maintain this role in the early stages of the Saturn project, but would move on to become the Astrionics laboratory director (from around 1968). Brooks then goes on to discuss some of the challenges he faced in this role while developing Skylab maneuvering/control systems, as well as the decision to deorbit the station. He also discusses contributions to the Space Shuttle, and supporting various experiments. Brooks retired in November of 1981, but remained involved with the space program. After brief involvement in military work with Teledyne-Brown, he would begin work at Control Dynamics in 1984, which he was still involved with at the time of the interview. Brooks reflects positively on his career & experience with many different groups as a result of his work, and discusses his time with the Marshall Retiree's Association.

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2006-03-23

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

.MP4

en

Interviews

Video

Brooks Moore (Space History Interviews).mp4

Lundquist, Charles

Moore, Brooks

0:45:09