Interview with Apollo M. O. Smith (interviewee) / by John Bluth and Frank Semarano (interviewer) 1996 April 26.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

Parsons, Jack, 1914-1952

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John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancemen...

Forman, Edward S.

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Summerfield, Martin, 1916-1996.

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Semarano, Frank.

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Aerojet-General Corporation

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Rockefeller, William C.

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Bollay, William H.

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Malina, Frank J.

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Frank Malina (1912-1981) was an American aeronautical engineer and kinetic artist. Born in Brenham, Texas to parents of Czechoslovakian extraction (both musicians), Malina was for many years a scientist and directed American rocket research and UNESCO projects. In 1950 he learned the basics of oil painting from Reginald Weston and began to experiment, eventually leaving his UNESCO work to devote himself entirely to the pursuit of art. An early explorer in the field of digital art and the use of ...

Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963

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Aeronautical engineer (aeronautics, physics, applied mathematics), science advisor, and first director of the Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at Caltech. From the description of Papers, 1871-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81407179 Physicist. From the description of Reminiscences of Theodore Von Kármán : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632066 Aeronautical engineer, science advisor...

Qian, Xuesen, 1911-2009

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Wood, Carlos.

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Douglas aircraft company

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Smith, Apollo M. O. (Apollo Milton Olin), 1911-1997,

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Hall, Cargill.

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Hall was the JPL Historian. From the description of Telephone Interview with Robert Jastrow, typed notes, 1971 Oct 29. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099278 From the description of Desire to Beat the Russians in Space : typed notes of telephone interview with Herbert York, ARPA, 1971 Dec 17. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives). WorldCat record id: 733099289 From the description of ARPA Decision to Proceed with U...

Bluth, John F., 1944-2004

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