On the Cover 22Rocket science...and beyondWhen a handful of Boeing engineers set up shop in Huntsville, Ala., 50 years ago, they were there to help NASA’sApollo program take astronauts to the moon and back. Today, Boeing employs some 2,600 people in Huntsvilleworking on a wide variety of projects. These include developing the core stage of a powerful new rocket and adesign center with 300 engineers supporting programs across the company, such as the 787 Dreamliner. COVER IMAGE: ENGINEERS TIM WAlTERS, lEFT, ANd JOSEPh QuERIN ChECk ThE WEld QuAlITy OF FRICTION STIR WEldING TOOlING AT ThE MARShAll SPACE FlIGhT CENTER IN huNTSVIllE, AlA. ThIS AdVANCEd WEldING PROCESS WIll BE uSEd ON ThE NEW SPACE lAuNCh SySTEM’S ROCkET CORE. BOB FERGuSON/BOEING PhOTO: dEBBIE BARNETT, dIRECTOR OF GROuNd-BASEd MIdCOuRSE dEFENSE (GMd) PROGRAM INTEGRATION, WITh AN INERT ExO-ATMOSPhERIC kIll VEhIClE IN ThE GMd TRAINING FACIlITy IN huNTSVIllE. ThE VEhIClE IS ThE “TIP OF ThE SPEAR” IN ThE MISSIlE dEFENSE WORld—dESTROyING BAllISTIC MISSIlES ThROuGh FORCE OF COllISION. ERIC ShINdElBOWER/BOEING Ad watch The stories behind the ads in this issue of Frontiers. Inside cover: Page 6: Back cover: This ad congratulates This new ad highlights In June, Boeing Ernie Els for winning Boeing’s leadership in announced the the 141st British Open satellite hosted payloads, launch of Milestones Championship at Royal an innovative business in Innovation, its Lytham & St. Annes model that delivers first official iPad app Golf Club in Lancashire, capability, cost and available for free from U.K., in July. Boeing schedule advantages the App Store. The app initiated the sponsorship to customers. The ad brings nine decades of this year with Els, one currently appears in aviation innovation to of the world’s most trade publications. life through beautiful still accomplished and best-known golfers. and video imagery and an interactive timeline. BOEING FRONTIERS / SEPTEMBER 2012 3
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