Fun fact, Ball Aerospace is a division of Ball Corporation, founded 1880, largely known for their mason jars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation htt

Fun fact, Ball Aerospace is a division of Ball Corporation, founded 1880, largely known for their mason jars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation (Not to be confused with Bell Aircraft, an unrelated helicopter manufacturer) In this they follow in the grand tradition of contemporary American manufacturing: combining low value commodity items that can compete with overseas manufacturers due to the cost of ocean transport, and ultra high tech aerospace products. (See also the former Morton Thiokol Corporation, whose products included road deicing salt and NASA solid rocket boosters that performed poorly in cold weather.)