Apollo Contractors Are Gone But Not Forgotten

In 1962, 11 companies were invited to bid for Apollo’s Lunar Module (LM). Nine responded that September, answering 22 questions from the NASA request for proposal, itself a 60-page limited technical document. Grumman Aircraft won the award two months later. “That gives you a little bit of an idea”...
Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.

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