The recipient of a Grumman Engineering Scholarship upon graduating from high school, Thomas J. Kelly worked for the company for more than forty years, retiring in 1992. Now an aerospace and computer consultant, he lives in Cutchogue, New York.
“A highly personalized story . . . of the Apollo Lunar Module,
built at Grumman by the author and his team.”—Choice
“It’s surprising that the man most responsible for the spindly
Apollo lunar landers, Tom Kelly, hasn’t told his story years
before. Lucid and engaging, he tells how his team at Grumman in
Bethpage, Long Island, went from paper studies to delivering
hardware that would help change history. Beyond historical
interest, the book has lessons for anyone involved in a large
project at the cutting edge of technology.”—IEEE Spectrum
“. . . Written in an approachable style, and if you have even
a passing interest in space exploration it will grip your interest.
It constitutes an important primary source for the history of human
exploration . . . This book is a flat-out good read.”—Meteoritics
and Planetary Science
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