Did you know the original plan for landing on the moon via a modular spacecraft came from Conrad Lau ’42? Until recently, not even his son knew of his father’s contributions to space history. “I’m like, holy moly, this is crazy,” recalls Conrad Lau Jr. of learning of his dad’s work in the recent book “Manned Lunar Landing and Return.” Read more at link in bio. 📷: Page from Lau's report which was sent to Abe Silverstein at #NASA on January 12, 1960, showing LOR. #apollo11 #space #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #throwbackthursday #TBT #mitalumni #MIT #moon