ended the state making maps for the mood for this endeavor to put astronauts on the moon melissa sevigny sevigny, what happened after ?. >> of course he founded this wonderful laboratory and he do about the time with the '70s would roll around the laboratory would not last gore continue to do research of less they also became a teaching department. he wasn't necessarily interested in teaching but he had the incredible vision to know that so if we wanted to go further out into the solar system he would need to make sure that i'll laboratory with last so he founded the department of laboratory sciences and passed the baton to the directors after him. >> what type of work is doing today. >> it is doing all kinds of incredible work today is started with the moon but the alumni have been involved in every major space systems sent into the solar system. the first university to have ground control of the mission that was with mars in 2008 now they're working on the second one which is out there right now to bring back a sample of a vast parade. >> host: when did you get interested in the story?. >> i h