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Many Tehachapi residents enjoy the view of the cosmos our mountain location provides each night, but not many residents can claim to have a piece of their handiwork floating around in space.  David Rooney, a 15-year resident of Tehachapi and 21-year employee of Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), helped to supervise the manufacturing and assembly of the structures and the wheels for the two Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.The names of these incredible pieces of technology, built to explore the outer regions of space, seem to appropriately describe the qualities embodied by Rooney. “I started out as just a machinist who had taken a few classes,” Rooney said. Originally hired as the shop’s only machinist at JPL’s Edwards Air Force Base location, Rooney has progressed from a “hands-on” machinist who spent 10 years “cranking the handles,” to his current position of business analyst for JPL’s Pasadena...
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