Oral history interview with Zach Kirkland, 2006 October 20.

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Oral history interview with Zach Kirkland, 2006 October 20.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/457914360

Interview with Zach Kirkland, a NASA engineer and manager, concerning his memories of childhood in San Antonio and Orange,Texas; education at Lamar State College of Technology; decision to join NASA; work on engine development program, Apollo propulsion systems and duties in mission control; duties in Skylab and Space Shuttle programs; turf battles among Johnson Space Center and other NASA centers and contractors. Appendices consist of a NASA publication titled "Propulsion and Fluids Integration" (twelve leaves), information about the VentureStar, X-33, and the International Space Station (eleven leaves), a publication from Martin Marietta titled "Habitation Module Description" (nineteen leaves), a publication from Martin Marietta titled "Space Station" (twenty-one leaves), NASA Program Apollo Working Paper no. 1195 titled "Apollo Spacecraft Liquid Primary Propulsion Systems" (forty-five leaves).

51, [114] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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