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... :Grumman-MOLAB Model3.jpg Contractor model of Grumman MOLAB rear view. (ca. 1964) Image:Grumman_MOLAB2.jpg Contractor Test-bed of Grumman MOLAB at Grumman facility. (ca. 1965) Image:Grumman MOLAB1.jpg Contractor Test-bed of Grumman MOLAB vehicle in deployed position. (ca. 1965) Image:Grumman_MOLAB3.jpg ...

Media:19780075395_1978075395.pdf GRUMMAN MANUFACTURING PLAN FOR PROJECT APOLLO- LUNAR EXCURSION MODULE (8MB PDF) Category:Publications

... you spare some people to go to Grumman and do a check on how the Grumman operation is going?” So I sent five people out to Grumman under Bill Nesbitt phonetic . Bill Nesbitt ... control of it and I want a quality job.” He said, “How about the Grumman QC?” Well, the Grumman QC guy’s name was Joe Kingfield. So I said, “Get Joe and ... an award. For successful descent on a lunar surface, Grumman would get an award. For a successful ascent back to the CSM, Grumman would get an award. Then successful return and reentry ...

... . '''Rusnak:''' Did you find significant differences between working with Grumman and working with North American? '''Haines:''' Oh, yes, they were different. Grumman, their entire history had been working with Navy aircraft. They ... that job was underestimated, and I don’t think it was Grumman’s fault. I don’t think the delays were Grumman’s fault. I think the job was just underestimated, the ... . So we went to a Phase B contract, study contract, with Lockheed and Grumman, awarded the contract to Grumman, primarily because we were convinced that we had to have the in-flight ...

... had a communication problem, because they were trying to direct Grumman by each function in NASA directing each function in Grumman. So I'm not sure if anybody knew what the hell ... Grumman a letter saying, "Sorry about that, but I don't know what's best for Grumman, but I think what's best for Grumman is what's best for the country. If Grumman will do it, than that's best for Grumman." So he called ...

... . But at least we meet, and that’s a combination of Aerojet General Corporation people, Grumman people, Zia Corporation people, NASA people, North American, the whole works. LTV Aerospace Corporation . So ... from being an engineer. You mentioned an interesting point. You mentioned that the women of Grumman, they wanted certain types of meat or different types of services than Las Cruces was ...

... , McDonnell F2Hs. The squadron, before I left, had converted to Grumman F9-F8s, the swept-wing Cougars. '''Ward:''' So your associations with Grumman began a long time ago. '''Haise:''' Well, if you ... Office and an interest in getting into aerospace management, an opportunity came along to join Grumman Grumman Aerospace Corporation that I just felt it was the right time to start my next ... program that I was involved with is under the service company I headed for Grumman, later Northrup-Grumman. We had a contract here at Johnson Space Center for the institutional computing systems ...

... modified Gulfstream II, and we had a competitive procurement, bought two airplanes, delivered them to Grumman, Bethpage, where they were modified, and got them in service in late 1976. Just about ... Colonel Joe H. Engle, but we went through a big competitive procurement technical evaluation with Grumman and Lockheed and decided to go with the Gulfstream II, being as it was a ... of 1974, ferried them from Savannah, where they were being manufactured, to Bethpage, and then Grumman started their mod. Of course, in that same time period we were supporting the Skylab ...

... up after a year or so about $10 million dollars over budget. Our contractor was Grumman, and so we went up there. We did a special investigation. I remember going through every single drawing, everything, trying to figure out where the work was. So Grumman came in here the first of one month and had a big meeting in front ... not believe that the director of a center would tell—they had the president of Grumman down here, the president of a big—you wouldn’t believe how he talked. Then ...

... for the Shuttle. I was assigned to work the Grumman Aerospace Corporation proposal, and so we wound up with three main proposals, Grumman’s, McDonnell Douglas’ Corporation , and North American’s Rockwell ... they selected the contractor, they selected North American, and then essentially, North American built the Grumman proposal. So I don’t know what all went into those kind of things, but ...

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