 Moonwatch affected the lives of participants long after they stopped looking for satellites.When the Smithsonian discontinued the program in 1975, one long-time Moonwatcher compared his participation to “winning the Medal of Honor.” Moonwatch inspired some future scientists, for example, James A. Westphal, a Moonwatcher from Oklahoma, who eventually helped design instruments for the Hubble Space Telescope at Caltech.The program boosted science programs at many schools throughout the country and helped revitalize amateur science in the United States.