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Topic: Simon Ramo, 'father of ICBM' (1913-2016)
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SpaceAholic
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From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-02-2016 03:06 PM
   
Simon Ramo, an engineer and entrepreneur who helped develop the rocket technology that changed the nature of the Cold War's nuclear face-off and powered the first Americans into space, died on Monday (June 27) in Santa Monica, California. He was 103. ...the successful Atlas rocket that the effort produced eventually served as the launch vehicle for the Project Mercury program, which sent John Glenn orbiting the Earth. A subsidiary that Dr. Ramo established on a 100-acre campus in Redondo Beach, Space Park, later won the first spacecraft contract issued by NASA. Noting that Southern California's weather was perfect for flying airplanes, he helped turn the region into the center of the aerospace and weapons industry."He was among America's greatest scientists and business and defense innovators," Wes Bush, the chairman of Northrop Grumman, said in a statement. "He was a true aerospace visionary." |
Jeff
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posted 07-02-2016 03:17 PM
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YankeeClipper
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dom
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posted 07-02-2016 05:19 PM
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Kite
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randy
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Astro Rich
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posted 07-02-2016 06:06 PM
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capoetc
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PeterO
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Cozmosis22
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From: Texas * Earth
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posted 07-02-2016 08:49 PM
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Larry McGlynn
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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 07-02-2016 08:53 PM
An amazing man. He worked with USAF Gen. Bernard Schiver to bring systems engineering into the production of rockets. |
David Carey
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posted 07-02-2016 11:09 PM
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jasonelam
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GACspaceguy
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mach3valkyrie
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posted 07-03-2016 02:29 PM
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mode1charlie
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posted 07-03-2016 03:28 PM
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Joel Katzowitz
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star51L
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posted 07-03-2016 07:47 PM
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Lunar rock nut
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minipci
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posted 07-04-2016 06:59 AM
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DG27
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Gilbert
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dss65
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posted 07-06-2016 12:47 PM
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Mike Isbell
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posted 07-06-2016 08:32 PM
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Panther494
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posted 07-08-2016 06:32 AM
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Wehaveliftoff
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