From the series: Self Made in CaliforniaWhen President Kennedy raised the challenge of putting an American on the moon, Rockwell created the revolutionary technologies needed to design and build the Apollo lunar command module. By 1985, Rockwell had become one of the world's leading aerospace and defense contractors: technologically advanced, financially strong. This was when Chairman Don Beall embarked on his most ambitious project ever: a ten-year transformation of the company into a technology leader in the new global economy.
When President Kennedy raised the challenge of putting an American on the moon, Rockwell created the revolutionary technologies needed to design and build the Apollo lunar command module. By 1985, Rockwell had become one of the world's leading aerospace and defense contractors: technologically advanced, financially strong. This was when Chairman Don Beall embarked on his most ambitious project ever: a ten-year transformation of the company into a technology leader in the new global economy.
