Tom Reid (electrical engineer)

Thomas Reid
MBE
Born(1927-03-14)March 14, 1927
Glasgow, Scotland[1]
DiedOctober 2, 2010(2010-10-02) (aged 83)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
NationalityScottish Australian
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
OccupationElectrical Engineer
Spouse(s)Betty McKenna, Margaret McLachlan (Senator Margaret Reid)
Children4 children
Director of Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
In office
4 August 1967 – 3 April 1970

Thomas Reid MBE (14 March 1927 – 2 October 2010) was the director of the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station outside Canberra, Australia, which in July 1969 transmitted live television of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon to a world-wide audience of 600 million people.

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