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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chistensen, David (Transcript)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Transcript with notes on a Telephone conversation between Bob Ward and David Christensen. Topic discussed include the progress of Bob&#039;s book and a few stories relating to the later part of Wernher von Braun&#039;s life when Dave got to know Wernher.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1999-05-21]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chris Crumbly]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2025-03-21]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Chris Singer]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2024-12-06]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Christensen, David (&quot;Dave&quot;)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[David Christensen describes how the Saturn program relied on a network of experienced aerospace vendors to develop and supply specialized components, emphasizing that this approach had long been standard in the aircraft industry. Rather than competing primarily on price, vendors sought to demonstrate superior reliability, technical performance, and compliance with stringent NASA specifications, particularly for liquid oxygen (LOX) compatibility. Marshall Space Flight Center engineers worked closely with contractors and suppliers to test competing products, develop specifications, and ensure the highest-quality components were selected. Christensen explains that successful vendors often invested their own resources to qualify products, collaborated directly with engineers during research and development, and sought to have their components named in procurement specifications, giving them a competitive advantage while still allowing equivalent products to compete. He uses Aircraft Porous Media (later part of Pall Corporation) as a case study, describing how the company developed advanced porous metal filters and Rigi-Mesh material through in-house research and close collaboration with the Air Force and Huntsville engineers. These technologies became critical for hydraulic systems and, later, rocket engine applications such as the J-2 engine injector, illustrating how government-industry partnerships, rigorous testing, and sustained technical collaboration drove innovation and reliability throughout the Jupiter and Saturn programs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Clarke, Rocky]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Phone conversation between Bob Ward and Rocky Clarke on Wernher von Braun. Topics covered include von Braun&#039;s humor and his relations with other team members]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1998-09]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron&#039;s obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Coffman, Paul]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Coffman, Paul  (Transcript)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cowart, Eugene]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Boeing and Ron Creel]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2005-12-07]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Craig Naudain]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2026-05-26]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Creel, Ronald]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2005-03-07]]></dcterms:date>
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