When the Eagle lunar module touched down on July 20, 1969, all eyes were on astronaut Neil Armstrong. But Stan Lebar's ass was on the line. A young electrical engineer at Westinghouse, Lebar had been tasked with developing a camera that could capture the most memorable moment of the 20th century - the Apollo 11 moon landing. The goal of the mission wasn't merely to get a man on the moon. It was to send back a live television feed so that everyone could see it - particularly the Soviets, who had initiated the space race in 1957 by launching Sputnik. If the feed failed, Lebar, the designated spokesperson for the video setup, would turn the camera on himself at mission control in Houston and apologize to more than half a billion TV viewers. "It was my responsibility" he says. "I'd have to stand up and take the hit."
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