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For release: 10/22/02
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Rome native Chris Crumbly named to Space Launch Initiative management position at NASA
Chris Crumbly, a Rome, Ga., native, has recently been appointed to a key position in NASA’s Space Launch Initiative. He is one of three architecture managers for the second generation reusable launch vehicle program at NASA’S Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Photo: Crumbly (NASA/MSFC)
Chris Crumbly, a Rome, Ga., native, has recently been appointed to a key position in NASA’s Space Launch Initiative. He is one of three architecture managers for the second generation reusable launch vehicle program at NASA’S Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Four aerospace companies; Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, and a team consisting of Northrop-Grumman and Orbital Sciences Corporation are developing competing designs of the next generation space transportation system.
As architecture manager for the Northrop-Grumman effort, Crumbly is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of Northrop Grumman’s work. He is also responsible for the contract that includes the company’s research work in composite tanks and integrated vehicle health monitoring for the program.
The Space Launch Initiative is a NASA program aimed at increasing safety and reliability, while reducing the cost of a second generation reusable launch system.
All NASA's field centers and the Air Force Research Laboratory are actively participating in the Space Launch Initiative and are vital to its success. The Marshall Center manages the program for NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology.
Crumbly began his NASA career in 1989 as a structural engineer and has held a variety of positions including work on payload development and integration for both the International Space Station and its predecessor Spacelab, a laboratory that was flown inside the Space Shuttle payload bay. Recently, he has led the Alternate Access to Station project, an effort that would enable industry to create a cargo delivery service to the Space Station. He served as a Congressional affairs officer in the Office of Space Flight at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., and as a senior policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He was also the NASA representative on the National Science and Technology Council.
Crumbly graduated from Coosa High School in Rome, Ga., and earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. He and his wife Lynn have two sons. He is the son of Charles and Paulette Crumbly and the grandson of Pauline Crumbly, all Rome residents.
The Marshall Center is carrying out its vision of being the world leader in space transportation systems. With its rich history spanning more than four decades, Marshall remains one of NASA’s largest field centers, occupying over 1,800 acres and employing more than 2,700 civil servants. More than 23,000 contractor personnel are engaged in work for the Center, which has an annual budget of more than $2.3 billion.
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