Summary

Description	I'm Chuck Dovale, launch director for the Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center. My first NASA job, believe it or not, was a summer student in the summer of '82, working in the accounting branch looking at people's vouchers that have traveled. I didn't have a lot of engineering classes under me yet, so once I did get enough engineering courses, I did get into the co-op program and I was waiting for someone to offer me a co-op job. And I got a call from the folks at ELV, and they said, 'Hey, we've got your name. Do you want to come work in the telemetry branch?' I said, 'Sure, sounds great_' I hung up the phone, ran to the dictionary and looked up what telemetry meant, because I had no idea. And so, I've remained there my whole career in the ELV or Launch Services Program and it's been quite a ride. As launch director for the Launch Services Program, I am the single focus point for NASA, for the launch campaign, which is basically when the time the rocket goes on the p
Date	2005-03-02
Source	images.nasa.gov

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