WOW! What an exciting program to have been lucky enough to have been the Program Office secretary on.
My career at Space & Communications was one of great joy. To have been able to work with so many incredible people was a true gift. To be honest, although I loved working on all the programs I worked on, I-VI Reboost was my favorite.
Dr. C. P. Rubin (Chuck) was the Program Manager and I felt honored that he asked me if I would like to work on that program with him (we had worked together previously). I jumped at the opportunity. It was a lot of hard work but so satisfying and fun. I got to know all the astronauts and I was always kind of awe struck when I would call down to the Cape and ask to speak to one of the astronauts and they would come to the phone to talk to me (how many people can say they could do that).
I saved EVERYTHING regarding this program – all SCG Journals, newspaper articles, pictures, launch info, etc.
This program was the maiden voyage of the Endeavor (another exciting part of the program). I was lucky enough to also have been able to see Endeavor return and land at Edward’s Air Force Base. To this day, it still makes me excited and smile when I think of working on this program.
Here is my list of some of the people that worked on the program:
Program Manager: Chuck Rubin,
Jason Endo, Asst. Prog. Mgr.
Len Dest, Mission Manager
System Engineering:
Don Patterson, LVI
Dennis Nell, Electronics
Willie Magee, Safety
Mark Altobelli
Product Assurance:
Dave Duckworth
S. Joe
Integration & Test/Launch Ops:
Ben Latuperissa
Ralph Yoak
Bill Amlotte
Bill Scanlon
Paul Ely
Structural Mechanics:
Sam Bassily, Manager
Bob Holman, Dynamics
Gunars Krumins
Bruce Linaman
Marygrace Literatus
Ray Ng
Thermal Control:
Stan Banash
Norm Pierson
Greg Reynolds
Design Integration:
Jason Endo, Manager
Al Byrne, Staff
Leo DelaCruz, Wire Harness
Dave Esposto, Structure Design
Dave Fox, Scheduler
Frank Freres, Manufacturing
Jeff Turney, GSE
Carl Jund, Super*Zip
Mechanisms:
Dave Husar
Carl Stammerjohn
Mass Properties:
Greg Johns
Propulsion:
Phil Donatelli
John Ellison
Controls:
Loren Slafer
Digital Electronics:
Russ Piombino, Manager
Mission Analysis Operations:
Ted Isaacs
Jerry Salvatore
Bruce Shuman