Interview with Rex Ridenoure / by Henry C. Dethloff and Ronald a. Schorn.

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Interview with Rex Ridenoure / by Henry C. Dethloff and Ronald a. Schorn.

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Engineer Rex Ridenoure talks about his interest in space science as a youth, and how it guided his education. He also describes his employment at Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Northern Utah Satellite, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Prior to working at JPL, his jobs at Hughes and Northern Utah Satellites involved development of communication satellites. At JPL, he worked for Charles Kohlhase in the Voyager Mission Planning Group from September 1986 through July 1997, which included the period of the Voyager spacecraft's encounter with Neptune.

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