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Topic: Dale Myers, NASA dep. administrator (1922-2015)
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E2M Lem Man Member Posts: 846 From: Los Angeles CA. USA Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 06-01-2015 02:46 PM
Dale Myers has passed May 19, 2015 in La Costa, California, it is now reported. Dale was twice a NASA deputy administrator — first just before Apollo 13 and then again after the Challenger shuttle accident. But he started out in aviation becoming a vice president at North American Aviation as one of the chief engineers of Apollo from the beginning. He also worked on X-15. A gentleman who was known from his eye patch. |
4allmankind Member Posts: 1043 From: Dallas Registered: Jan 2004
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GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2476 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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Blackarrow Member Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-01-2015 04:03 PM
.Another legendary figure from Project Apollo has passed into history. |
David C Member Posts: 1015 From: Lausanne Registered: Apr 2012
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Jurg Bolli Member Posts: 977 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Nov 2000
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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star51L Member Posts: 340 From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA Registered: Aug 2002
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jasonelam Member Posts: 691 From: Monticello, KY USA Registered: Mar 2007
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Rick Mulheirn Member Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
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Ronpur Member Posts: 1211 From: Brandon, Fl Registered: May 2012
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007
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Jeff Member Posts: 474 From: Fayetteville, NC, USA Registered: May 2009
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Fra Mauro Member Posts: 1587 From: Bethpage, N.Y. Registered: Jul 2002
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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-02-2015 08:36 PM
Francis French pays tribute to Dale Myers in his invited editorial for the Times of San Diego: Every day, it seems, I read a new article talking about how NASA has lost its bold vision, and that new visionaries are needed to push our space program in exciting directions. The truth, I believe, is a little more down to earth. NASA needs more money to be able to do ever-bolder things. The visionaries, the thinkers and doers, are already in place, and have been for decades. There are always bright people around ready to push new challenges.It is more a matter of chance that some people get to shine: they are in the right place at the right time when they are needed. That is not to say that these people are not special; they worked hard to get into the position they held when history happened to need them. Dale Myers, who passed away in May at the age of 93, was one of them... |
dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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mode1charlie Member Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
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capoetc Member Posts: 2169 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
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Jurg Bolli Member Posts: 977 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-04-2015 10:43 AM
This is a very nice article by Francis. |
bwhite1976 Member Posts: 281 From: Belleville, IL Registered: Jun 2011
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Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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hlbjr Member Posts: 475 From: Delray Beach Florida USA Registered: Mar 2006
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astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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