CoL49 (2): Giants of the aerospace industry [PC 15]

[Robin Landseadel]

	During 1947, NAA/Rocketdyne had selected acreage in the
	Santa Susana Mountains near Canoga Park,California for
	development as a permanent test site adaptable for testing a
	broad range of liquid-fueled components and propulsion
	systems. The site was selected because of its mountain top
	isolation and its many natural rocky bowls.

	The first test stands to be erected at Santa Susana’s Bowl Test
	Facility were patterned after those used at the German WWII
	test facilities at Pennemunde.

http://rocketdynearchives.com/

The Galactronics Division of Yoyodyne has its parallel in the Atomics  
International division of Rockeydyne:

http://rocketdynearchives.com/desoto.html

Google "Atomics International division of Rockeydyne" and you get a  
lot of papers involving lawsuits attached to the site's health hazards:

http://tinyurl.com/ps7oko

Viz the "waste" theme of CoL49, consider the radiological wasting of  
Semi Valley by Atomics International—

	Work began Nov. 9 on what will be a massive cleanup in the
	hills near Simi Valley in eastern Ventura County. The
	remediation began after the state’s Department of Toxic
	Substances Control (DTSC) issued lab owners Boeing and the
	NASA an Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Order on
	Nov. 1 for the cleanup of asbestos-containing material strewn
	along the creek bed from 1965 to 1978 by lab workers working
	at the former NASA liquid oxygen plant (LOX) nearby. The order
	also requires cleanup of the Rocketdyne-Atomics International
	Rifle and Pistol Club shooting range where elevated
	concentrations of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have
	been found in the soil near and down stream of the former
	shooting range.

	http://www.vcreporter.com/cms/story/detail/?id=5441&IssueNum=151

"Mortality among Radiation Workers at Rocketdyne (Atomics  
International), 1948–1999":

http://tinyurl.com/pgn2yt

Rocketdyne News and Analysis:

http://www.enviroreporter.com/rocketdynenews-analysis.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRdC5I0Yn2k