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ROBERT W. FARQUHAR
ROBERT W. FARQUHAR
Pages 104-109
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VAN WIE R OBERT WILLARD FARQUHAR, a national expert in deepspace mission and trajectory design and executive for space exploration at KinetX Aerospace, died October 18, 2015, at the age of 83. He was born Robert Greener on September 12, 1932, in Chicago, where he was raised by his mother Ruth C
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He was mission director for the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker mission that intercepted, explored, and, following his intricately designed trajectory, successfully landed on 433 Eros; the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging)
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Bob was a prolific writer in the space exploration community, with over 200 publications. His book Fifty Years on the Space Frontier: Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More (Outskirts Press, 2010)
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108 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES In addition to Irene, Bob is survived by their daughter Anna and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife and by his daughter Patricia Lee, who died in 2011.
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