Member Spotlight: Andrew Brown, P.E.

Andrew Brown, PE

Andrew Brown vividly remembers watching the drama of the Apollo 13 mission unfold on a movie screen. Two days into its mission, a routine tirring of an oxygen tank ignited damaged wire insulation and triggered an explosion that vented a signifcant portion of the rocket’s oxygen supply into space. The crew was forced to abort plans to land on the moon and NASA Mission Control in Houston had to rapidly develop new plans to bring the damaged craft safely home.

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