STSprog_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered GAC photo, ca. 1977-78)
“SPACE CONSTRUCTION--With the first orbital flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle less than a year away, attention is being directed to ways to use the new transportation system. Scientists and engineers at Grumman Aerospace Corporation have devised methods of building large space structures which can serve in the colonization and industrialization of space. Here, a Grumman Beam Builder, mounted in the Shuttle’s cargo bay, turns aluminum sheet into construction beams. Meanwhile, a Manned Remote Work Station, also a Grumman design, maneuvers the beams into position for the huge structures.”
Thanks to the following, not only is this outstanding work featured on the cover, the artist responsible is Ron Hill. Outstanding, a mini-gold mine of both rarely seen GAC space works of the time AND their creators. A WIN:
www.grummanretireeclub.org/wp-content/pdf/grumman-plane-n...
Credit: Grumman Retiree Club website
STSprog_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered GAC photo, ca. 1977-78)
“SPACE CONSTRUCTION--With the first orbital flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle less than a year away, attention is being directed to ways to use the new transportation system. Scientists and engineers at Grumman Aerospace Corporation have devised methods of building large space structures which can serve in the colonization and industrialization of space. Here, a Grumman Beam Builder, mounted in the Shuttle’s cargo bay, turns aluminum sheet into construction beams. Meanwhile, a Manned Remote Work Station, also a Grumman design, maneuvers the beams into position for the huge structures.”
Thanks to the following, not only is this outstanding work featured on the cover, the artist responsible is Ron Hill. Outstanding, a mini-gold mine of both rarely seen GAC space works of the time AND their creators. A WIN:
www.grummanretireeclub.org/wp-content/pdf/grumman-plane-n...
Credit: Grumman Retiree Club website