"This Downey Plant was the birthplace, homestead, and laboratory for much of America's wondrous space technology- the Space Age's equivalent of Orville and Wilbur's bicycle shop. It is here in Downey that space structure; guidance and power were prominently pioneered. And it is here that the celebrated Apollo command spacecraft was created and manufactured. Where should U.S. shrines be?"
Author Russ Murray

"The company's space systems, aircraft division, Rocketdyne, Autonetics, missile systems, aircraft modification and other units joined The Boeing Company in 1996. Boeing and North American had worked side by side for over 60 years building aircraft to defend the nation and cooperating on major space programs such as the Apollo program, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. The company's employees continue to chart new territory, committed to the visions and goals established by Dutch Kindelberger and Lee Atwood and now meshed with the vision of The Boeing Company as a global enterprise with a significant geographical spread in its operations".

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