High flier: Laurie Marshall Grindle still wants to be an astronaut, but she's done well so far as a chief engineer for NASA's hypersonic jet project.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(Interview)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: April 25, 2005| Author: Potkewitz, Hilary | Copyright information

LAURIE Marshall Grindle grew up around planes--she got her pilot's license in high school--but her current work at NASA goes well beyond the basics of taking off and landing. As chief engineer for the X-43A Hypersonic Project at Edwards Air Force Base, Grindle was responsible for an unmanned vehicle powered by scramjet technology, which takes oxygen from the atmosphere and circulates it through the engine, instead of carrying heavy oxygenating equipment that traditional engines req...

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