Anchor: MATT DAY
MONPORTRAYS ASTRONAUT MARK
WATNEY IN THE MARTIAN.
MAN STUCK ON MARS.
PLANET WITHOUT WATER OR FOOD.
AND A PLANET UNTOUCHED BY MAN.
BUT WAIT.
BEFORE WE GET THERE.
THERE IS A LOT TO DO.
Anchor: YOU KNOW EVERY DAY
WE GET CLOSER TO A NEW REALITY.
REALITY THAT HAS MAN STEPPING
FOOT ON MARS.
Anchor: ONLY A MATTER OF
TIME BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT IT IS
REALLY LIKE ON THE RED PLANET.
BEN IS HERE TO SHOW US HOW
OUR OWN BACKYARD IS HELPING TO
GET US THERE.
THAT'S EXCITING.
Weather: JUST A MATTER OF
TIME.
THE DAY WE REACH MARS.
MANY YEARS AWAY.
BUT A COMPANY HERE IN SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN IS WORKING TO MAKE IT A
REALITY.
RIGHT HERE IN MACOMB TOWNSHIP.
COMPANY CALLED FUTURE RAMMICK
HELPS SPACE PROGRAM GET READY
FOR LAUNCH.
BUT AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING AHEAD
OF OURSELVES.
FUTURE RAMMICK STARTED AS
AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY BACK IN 1955.
BUT WHEN THE CAR COMPANIES BEGAN
TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE
LOCATIONS FOR LABOR AND
MANUFACTURING.
FUTURE RAMMICK SWITCHED GEARS TO
SURVIVE.
IT WAS A PERFECT FIT REALLY
TO GET INTO THE AEROSPACE
BECAUSE IT IS MACHINING
ASSEMBLY.
SO IT IS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY.
Weather: WITH THAT FUTURE
RAMMICK TOOK ONE GIANT LEAP FOR
TOOL AND MACHINE KIND.
LOCATE IT, WHAT FEATURES ARE
CRITICAL.
Weather: THIS TRANSITION
FROM WORLD TO AEROSPACE DID NOT
MEET A COMPLETE OVERHAUL IN
PERSONNEL.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN HELPED
DETROIT DRIVE THE WORLD HELP
NASA REACH HIGHER AND FURTHER.
IT HAS BEEN A LEARNING CURVE
EVERY DAY.
AND I SEE LOVE IT.
Weather: THIS IS MATT.
HE STARTED FUTURE RAMMICK AS
TOOL MAKER 30 YEARS AGO.
AND HE HAS TRANSFORMED HIMSELF
INTO A TOOL DESIGNER.
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD WORK ON
AIRPLANES THAT FLY 40,000 FEET
AND ROCKETS GOING TO THE MOON.
REALLY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
PROJECT BEHIND ME IS PART OF THE
SLS PROGRAM.
Reporter: SLS IS SHORT FOR
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM.
NASA PROGRAMS THAT INTENDS TO
SEND HUMANS TO A ASTROID BY 2025
AND MARS IN 2030s.
EVENTUALLY THE GOAL IS FOR
THAT ROCKET TO GO TO MARS.
Reporter: WITH DREAMS,
PROJECTS AND GOALS THAT BIG,
FUTURE RAMMICK HAD TO EXPAND.
SO IN EARLY 2014 A SECOND
LOCATION WAS ADDED IN DETROIT.
THE REASON?
TO GO BIGGER.
PRETTY OBVIOUS.
THE SIZE, THE HEIGHT, DOING
SOME UP TO 60 FEET TALL.
YOU TAKE A FLAT PANEL AND
MACHINE IT.
Reporter: LARGE SERRIGHT.
IT WILL TAKE EIGHT OF 22-FOOT
TALL PANELS TO CREATE THE
28-FOOT CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE
ROCKET SHIP.
AND THESE PARTS MUST BE
PERFECTLY MADE.
AND STRONG.
I MEAN REALLY STRONG.
10 MILLION TONS OF FORCE GETS
PUT THROUGH THE BARREL OF THE
HYDROGEN TANK.
Reporter: HYDRO JEN TANKS
ARE HOUSED INSIDE OF THE FUTURE
RAMMICK MADE PANELS.
ONCE PANELS ARE DONE HERE IN
MICHIGAN THEY ARE SHIPPED TO NEW
ORLEANS TO BE ASSEMBLEED AND
SOLD TO THEIR CLIENTS.
TIGHT KNOW LOCKS DOWN THE
ANGLE.
Reporter: WHILE THE JOB
DONE WITHIN THESE WALLS.
THE FEEL IS THAT OF A TIGHT KNIT
FAMILY.
I STARTED HERE IN SHIPPING.
SO I PRETTY MUCH WENT FROM
BUILDING BOXES TO ROCKETS.
Reporter: FUTURE RAM
MCCONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR HOME
GROWN TALNANT HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
AND COLLEGE GRADS.
THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO GROW
THEIR FAMILY WITH INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT SPACE.
I GOT AN E-MAIL COUPLE OF
MONTHS AGO, IT WAS A JOURNEY TO
MARS.
IT HIT ME.
IT IS LIKE THE STUFF WE ARE
WORKING ON IS ACTUALLY -- WELL,
WE WILL BUILD SOMETHING TO GO TO
SPACE.
SO BLOWS MY MIND.
Reporter: SO BACK TO SPACE.
THE FINAL FRONTIER.
UNKNOWN.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS PEEKED
THE INTEREST OF MANKIND FOR
CENTURIES.
ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FUTURE AND MAYBE TO SOME NOW
FUTURE RAMMICK.
TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE AND
BACK SAFELY IS GOING TO BE
AWESOME.
Reporter: JON COUCH AND
COLLEAGUES BE WANT TO PROMOTE
THE SPACE PROGRAM.
CREATING MANUFACTURING JOBS FOR
U.S.
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
WORKERS IN MICHIGAN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FUTURE
RAMMICK AND THEIR PROJECTS GO TO
THE COMMUNITY PAGE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
AND WITH SO MUCH OF THE MONEY
FOR SPACE TRAVEL GOING FROM
GOVERNMENT TO THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY
LUCRATIVE FIELD.
HOW EXCITING NAPPING OUR OWN
BACKWARD.
Anchor: HOW PROUD.