Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Alvin (al) sieff: thoughts about and lessons from a great engineer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Tauber, Michael |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Alvin (Al) Seiff was known as a world-class atmospheric scientist during the last three decades of his life. Equally deserving, however, were his prior achievements as an innovative engineer, an exceptional technical manager, and a mentor of young engineers at NASA Ames Research Center. This paper outlines Al's role in developing Ames ballistic range facilities, probably the most advanced in the world at that time, and his seminal 1963 report that contained the concepts used to reconstruct the atmospheres of Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Titan. Also discussed is my affiliation with Al after he hired me in 1962, including our joint work on Mars missions and investigating the feasibility that a Jupiter probe could survive entry, work that eventually led to the development of the Galileo probe. Finally, suggestions are offered for speeding the analysis and design of thermal protection systems based on lessons learned from successful probes and landers. |
| File Size | 2590187 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100035724 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7jq5zh04 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-06-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lessons Learned Venus Atmosphere Space Missions Jupiter Probes Ballistic Ranges Manned Mars Missions Jupiter Atmosphere Galileo Probe Feasibility Mars Atmosphere Titan Atmosphere Ablation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
