https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d5c15bd4-ff6d-4884-baab-090a2a4c9ac8 Murphy Wardman was the Lead Electrical Engineer for General Dynamics on the Atlas-Centaur rocket program from 1958 - 1995. They launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Complex 36. In the early days, things were a little more "informal" and experimental. Murphy tells stories including... Putting together Heathkit power supply kits since they were on such a tight budget., Top secret Project Score (Signal Communication by Orbiting RElay) where a tape recorded Christmas greeting from President Eisenhower was put onboard a missle in 1958. It was secret until they started transmitting to surprise the Soviet Union that the U.S. could launch such a large payload into orbit., How the Test Conductor once had someone "accidentally" (using a little spit) make sure no-one knew he hit the reset button., And other stories, NOTE: He also did an oral history interview on 2011-02-01 with additional stories available here... https://youtu.be/CDKKUUEYxNI Currently retired, Murphy has been a dedicated volunteer at the American Space Museum for about 20 years. He arranged for the Air Force to donate consoles from the control center in the Complex 36 blockhouse which launched the Atlas-Centaur rockets. He wired them up for hands-on interactive display at the museum. He also was a major contributor to the Space Walk of Fame Monuments and the "Space Map". Moderated by Mark Marquette, this 10/1/20 interview is part of our museum's "Stay Curious" series and our "Space Workers Oral History" project. An ORIGINAL production of The American Space Museum, Titusville, FL. INTERVIEWER & PRODUCER: Mark Marquette CO-PRODUCER and CAMERA: Marty Winkel EDITED by Bruce Landon Jacobs COPYRIGHT: 2020 American Space Museum and U.S. Space Walk of Fame Foundation Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/HoQhFYyho90 Original channel: American Space Museum Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:51:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d5c15bd4-ff6d-4884-baab-090a2a4c9ac8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.