Robert’s
skills are ideally suited to being the International Events
Manager for this global event. He is a seasoned Event Manager
nominated for awards including a disability access award by
creating a “world’s first” with real-time transcription for
broadcasting conferences globally for the hearing impaired.
At the age of 17, during his term breaks from
college, he wired up the audio and video connections for NASA’s
equipment in Sydney, Australia for the Apollo 11 mission. He
worked for nearly 20 years supporting communications for most
NASA and many ESA missions. In 1975 Robert toured many NASA
facilities in the US. On many occasions he was stationed at
Parkes in support of ESA’s Giotto probe to Halley’s comet and
the Voyager probe to Uranus and Neptune. Robert has awards from
NASA in support of the STS1 and other shuttle missions.
In recent years he has assisted in trying to
find NASA’s lost data tapes of the Apollo 11 mission and to
document the history of Apollo 11 and other space activities
that Australia was involved in. He has lectured overseas on
Australia’s involvement in space. He has worked extensively in
locating 3D Apollo mission photographs (stereo) and making them
available to schools for resources. He has also donated his time
to local schools to educate students on space and the Apollo
missions.
Robert
Passed both his amateur radio license of proficiency and his
ship’s radio operators certificate while in his mid twenties and
is currently been actively involved in installing and
maintaining radio systems in extreme conditions such as
underground road tunnels, power line tunnels and mines.
Robert is currently Director of a successful
telecommunications company and is very active supporting Green
initiatives and disability access. He is a member of the
Australian Computer Society’s Communications Board (MACS). He
heads the telecommunication work-group in the NSW Green IT
Task-force. Robert’s unique experience and abilities have been
able to grow EOA to fruition in record time.
Echoes of Apollo
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