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Scott P. Sullivan Book: Virtual LM: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Lunar Module
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After serving a tour in the United States Marine Corps from 1981 to 1984, Scott decided to pursue an education in the field of engineering. In 1986 Scott P. Sullivan received his Associates Degree in Computer Aided Design and mechanical drafting from ITT Technical Institute in Phoenix. He worked for various companies such as McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company, Intel, and Honeywell as a technical illustrator, drafter, and mechanical designer. |
In 1993 Scott wrote and illustrated a nationally distributed comic book entitled The Bad Penny. He created the comic book art using a CAD program designed for architectural drafting called AutoCAD. Scott was also running his own business creating patent drawings for various companies and law firms, creating all of Rayovac's patent art for a two-year period.
Scott moved to product design in the engineering consulting industry, where one of the high points was getting to go to Warner Brothers studios and set up several sets of futuristic looking office furniture his company had designed that was to be used on one of the key sets of the motion picture A.I. directed by Steven Spielberg.
Scott had had a fascination with America’s manned spacecraft program from the time he was a child watching the live launches from his parent’s home in Phoenix Arizona. Scott was particularly interested in the mechanics of the spacecraft and no matter how many documentaries he watched or books he read, he was always left with countless unanswered questions. Scott started his own research project to learn as much as he possibly could about these amazing machines that took man to the stars. Part of Scott’s project would entail reverse engineering the entire Apollo Command and Service Modules as a way to intimately learn every aspect of the spacecraft from a virtual perspective. The project quickly took on a life of its own and what evolved from it was the book Virtual Apollo.
Having finished Virtual Apollo in February of 2003, the natural progression was of course the Lunar Module which soon followed as Virtual LM in October of 2004.
Scott is currently working on a new series of books that will showcase spacecraft from classic science fiction movies in the same format as Virtual Apollo did the real thing.
Scott also has plans for a Virtual Mercury and Gemini book, as well as Virtual Saturn V.
He is currently employed as a senior mechanical designer for a consumer electronics company in Tempe Arizona.
