https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/e0cba4dd-844a-4255-a102-617008c3ac8d A hypergolic propellant expert and cryogenic rocket engine specialist, Apollo and Space Shuttle engineer John Tribe tells us his fascinating story starting with his first exposure to rockets in England during World War II. He later came to the U.S. and stayed. He shares many interesting insights about his work on both Apollo and Space Shuttle. He shares his insights into today's private rocket business while looking back at the NASA Moon program from the Apollo 1 fire to Apollo 11's triumph. Tribe’s area of expertise was the Apollo Command and Service Module's hypergolic propulsion systems and he will share how those dangerous propellants were used for Apollo and Shuttle, just like today on the SpaceX Crew Dragon. John worked in aerospace from 1954 to 1997 and continues as a NASA docent today. He worked primarily for the NASA contractor North American Aviation/Rockwell/Boeing and retired as their Chief Engineer on the Shuttle Orbiter at Kennedy Space Center. Moderated by Mark Marquette, this 8/13/20 interview is part of our museum's "Stay Curious" series and our "Space Workers Oral History" project. ORIGIN: 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/Njgqv3OdWRg Original channel: American Space Museum Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:32:51 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/e0cba4dd-844a-4255-a102-617008c3ac8d 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.