Harold Finger
Harold Finger | |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | February 18, 1924
Occupation | Aeronautical Nuclear Engineer |
Harold (Harry) Benjamin Finger (born February 18, 1924)[1] is an American aeronautical nuclear engineer and the former head of the United States nuclear rocket program. He helped establish and lead the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office, a liaison organization between NASA and the Department of Energy to coordinate efforts to create a nuclear thermal rocket.[2]
Notes
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ Dewar, James. To The End Of The Solar System: The Story Of The Nuclear Rocket, Apogee, 2003. ISBN 978-1-894959-68-1
External links
- Harold Finger short resume at the Aerospace Nuclear Science and Technology section page of the American Nuclear Society website
- Interview with Harold Finger at the NASA Oral History Project
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