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Topic: Simon Ramo, 'father of ICBM' (1913-2016)
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SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4437 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 Member Posts: 474 From: Fayetteville, NC, USA Registered: May 2009
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posted 07-02-2016 03:17 PM
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YankeeClipper Member Posts: 617 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Mar 2011
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Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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Astro Rich Member Posts: 133 From: Huntsville, Alabama Registered: Feb 2014
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capoetc Member Posts: 2169 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
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PeterO Member Posts: 399 From: North Carolina Registered: Mar 2002
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Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 968 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011
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Larry McGlynn Member Posts: 1255 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. |
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jasonelam Member Posts: 691 From: Monticello, KY USA Registered: Mar 2007
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GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2476 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
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mode1charlie Member Posts: 1169 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Sep 2010
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Joel Katzowitz Member Posts: 808 From: Marietta GA USA Registered: Dec 1999
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star51L Member Posts: 340 From: Vilano Beach, FL, USA Registered: Aug 2002
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Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007
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minipci Member Posts: 365 From: London, UK Registered: Jul 2009
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DG27 Member Posts: 173 From: USA Registered: Nov 2010
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Gilbert Member Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
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dss65 Member Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
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Mike Isbell Member Posts: 551 From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA Registered: Aug 2003
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