Przypomnienie znaczącej roli Lowa dla załogowych lotów kosmicznych.Late Great Engineers: George M. Low - NASA’s unsung heroNick Smith 28 Jul 2025
George M. Low was a leading NASA engineer and administrator, whose strategic vision and systems expertise shaped U.S. spaceflight from the Mercury mission to the Space Shuttle. Written by Nick Smith
Dr. George M. Lowe, left, Acting Administrator of NASA, and Dr. von Braun monitor the Apollo 14 prelaunch activities in the Firing Room of the Launch Control Center at the Kennedy Space Center. - NASA / MSFC(...) Low’s career was central to America’s lunar ambitions, reforming engineering processes in the aftermath of the Apollo 1 tragedy, and laying the groundwork for the Space Shuttle. ‘He was good at everything’, recalled the first director of NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center, Robert Gilruth who thought that Low was ‘worth about 10 men’. Speaking half a century after the first crewed spacecraft orbited the Moon, Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman said: ‘As usual, with any great endeavour, it always boils down to a single human being who makes a difference. The person in my mind who made the difference was George Low.’ (...)
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/in-depth/late-great-engineers-george-m-low-nasa-s-unsung-hero
Wątek: George Michael Low (1926-1984) (Przeczytany 649 razy)