[Memoranda originally transmitted with lithograph sets], 1965-1974.

Parks, Robert J., 1922-

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Robert J. Parks was born April 1, 1922, in Los Angeles, CA. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1944. Parks then served two and a half years in the Army, and six months at Hughes Aircraft before joining the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in April 1947. Parks retired from JPL in June 1987. Parks served as an Engineer in the Guidance and Control Section for three years before serving as Se...

Schneiderman, Daniel I., 1922-2008.

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Giberson, Walker Eugene (Gene), 1923-1999.

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In the summer of 1974 JPL was selected to manage the Seasat project and in October the project office was formed. Seasat launched June 26, 1978, and was active for 4 months, ending operations in October. It was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed to study the oceans. There were four experiments which included the Radar Altimeter (ALT) to measure ocean surface topography by measuring spacecraft altitude above the ocean surface; the Seasat-A Satellite Scatterometer (SASS), to measure wind ...

Schurmeier, Bud (Harris M.), 1924-

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