Don Curry

Don Curry, Clayton Funeral Homes
“He loved his work at NASA and was involved with every program, from Mercury through the Space Shuttle, before retiring after 45 years. He became one of the world’s leading experts on thermal protection systems, receiving much recognition for his work. Don was respected and beloved by his colleagues who referred to him as “The Legend.”
Donald M. Curry, NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Edited Oral History Transcript
“I think most people that worked on the Apollo program out here worked for no extra pay because we were too interested in it. It was too much of a challenge because there wasn’t anything known. When [President John F.] Kennedy said, “We’re going to the Moon,” well, we didn’t even have the material. We didn’t have the guidance schemes. We’d never done some of these things. We’d only flown one Mercury flight, in fact.”