The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to
celebrate the 38th anniversary of the first moon landing by
reuniting retired scientists. On July 20, more than a dozen
retired members of the engineering team who worked on the
Apollo-era spacecraft that carried astronauts to the moon will
gather at NASA's Washington headquarters. The engineers will
share lessons learned with current NASA employees in the
Constellation Program, which will return astronauts to the moon
by 2020. The retired engineers -- former members of the Grumman
Corp.'s Lunar Module Reliability and Maintainability Team --
will participate in technical discussions that will address such
issues as testing, failure analysis and corrective action. NASA
officials said they want to build on the experiences of previous
moon exploration experts in preparing for the return to the
lunar surface. Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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