ROB: THIS SATURDAY WILL MARK THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF A GIANT LEAP
FOR MANKIND.
JULIE: WE’VE ALL SEEN THE FAMOUS
MOONWALK, BUT DID YOU KNOW THERE
WAS A SLICE OF NEBRASKA ABOARD
APOLLO 11?
ROB: THAT WAS THANKS TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, WHERE
THEY JUST LAUNCHED AN EVEN
BIGGER PROGRAM.
KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ANDREW OZAKI
HAS THIS NEW STORY.
ANDREW: JULY, 1969 -- THE RACE
TO SPACE WAS ABOUT TO PASS A
HISTORIC MILESTONE.
AND ONBOARD THE APOLLO 11 SPACE
CAPSULE, A SLICE OF NEBRASKA
INNOVATION --
TED HARTUNG: THIS WAS A KIDDING
--
>> NEBRASKA SPACE BREAD.
 
 
 
 
ANDREW: YES, BREAD IN SPACE --
SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER BEEN
DONE BEFORE.
YOU CAN SEE ASTRONAUT BUZZ
ALDRIN SHOWING IT OFF IN THIS
VIDEO INSIDE THE COMMAND MODULE.
A HANDFUL OF RESEARCHERS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
MADE IT POSSIBLE.
TED HARTUNG: YEAH, BASICALLY,
THE END OF 68 WAS REALLY THE
-- OF 1968 WAS REALLY THE
INITIAL TALK ABOUT, COULD THIS
BE USED?
ANDREW: TED HARTUNG WAS JUST
NAMED HEAD OF THE NEW FOOD
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
WHEN HE WAS CONTACTED BY NASA.
THEY WANTED SOMETHING BESIDES
THE FREEZE DRIED MEALS OR FOOD
IN A TUBE FOR ITS ASTRONAUTS.
TED HARTUNG: MORE, LIKE
"HOME-LIKE."
ANDREW: NASA HAD HEARD ABOUT THE
RESEARCH DONE BY BURT MAXCY ON
IRRADIATING MEAT TO EXTEND ITS
SHELF LIFE.
THEY ALSO KNEW THAT THANKS TO
U.S. SENATOR CARL CURTIS, THE
UNIVERSITY HAD A COBALT 60
IRRADIATOR.
TED HARTUNG: EVERYTHING HAPPENED
SO VERY FAST, AND THAT WAS ON
THE MUST-DO LIST.
ANDREW: THE TEAM, WHICH ALSO
INCLUDED LLOYD BULLERMAN, WAS
GIVEN UPDATES DURING MISSION
-- DURING THE MISSION, EVEN THE
DAILY MENU.
>> THE AMAZING THING HERE WAS
MAN WAS ABOUT TO LAND ON THE
MOON.
ANDREW: SO NO ONE WATCH WITH
MORE ASTONISHMENT AND PRIDE THAN
HARTUNG AND HIS TEAM JULY 20,
1969.
>> THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
TED HARTUNG: WE WONDERED IN THE
LUNAR MODULE IF THEY TOOK ANY
SLICE OF BREAD WITH THEM.
ANDREW: THE BREAD WAS A SUCCESS
AND WAS USED ON ALL THE APOLLO
AND SKYLAB MISSIONS.
IT ALSO PROPELLED THE
UNIVERSITY’S FLEGLING PROGRAM TO
TAKE OFF.
ROBERT HUTKINS: WE HAVE A LOT OF
COOL INSTRUMENTATION THAT DIDN’T
EXIST 50 YEARS AGO.
ANDREW: THE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS
OVER 35 FACULTY AND MOVED TO A
STATE OF THE ART FACILITY ON
INNOVATION CAMPUS.
ROBERT HUTKINS: IT THINK WE ARE
RIGHT UP THERE.
NEBRASKANS ARE ALWAYS RATHER
HUMBLE.
ANDREW: AS HUMBLE AS BREAD IN
SPACE.
TED HARTUNG: IT WAS REALLY KIND
OF A GREAT POST TO HAVE THAT
QUALITY RELATIONSHIP WITH NASA.
ANDREW: IN LINCOLN, ANDREW
OZAKI, KETV NEWSWATCH 7.
ROB: THE UNIVERSITY’S FOOD
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT ALSO JUST CELEBRATED
ITS OWN 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
THEY REALLY ARE THE UPPER CRUST.
[LAUGHTER]
