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HARRIS M. SCHURMEIER
HARRIS M. SCHURMEIER
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He earned his BS in mechanical engineering in 1945, MS in aeronautical engineering in 1948, and professional engineering degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949, all from the California Institute of Technology. His first job after graduation was with the Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel in Pasadena, operated for a consortium of aircraft manufacturers by Caltech.
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Project Ranger was aimed at delivering a series of lunar impact spacecraft to the Moon, with early missions carrying scientific instruments such as a seismometer, while later ones carried high-resolution television cameras. But the first five missions had failed in one way or another, leading to great pressure from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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But as a cost-cutting measure, it was reduced to two less-ambitious spacecraft launched in 1977 to visit only Jupiter and Saturn, with one to be retargeted at Saturn's giant moon, Titan, via a gravity assist at Saturn. Schurmeier's project team retained key elements of the design needed for the more distant lanets p though, enabling one of the vehicles to eventually visit Uranus and Neptune anyway.
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President Lyndon Johnson presented him with the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1965; he received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1969 and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1981; he was twice presented the Astronautics Engineering Award by the National Space Club, in 1965 and in 1981; and he delivered the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics annual von Kármán Lecture in 1974. Bud was a licensed pilot, flight instructor, and avid soaring/motor glider enthusiast throughout his life.
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His seven grandchildren are Mac, Lindsey, Jenna, Bryce, Lauren, Jake, and Brenden. Bud's granddaughter Lauren is currently in a doctoral program for planetary geology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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