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Dick has been interested in space exploration since the first Sputnik and Explorer satellites were launched which he saw passing overhead in the pre-dawn sky as he delivered the Des Moines Register morning newspapers. He watched news on TV and envied Chris Kraft as he announced each Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launch, accomplishments and splash down. A seventh-grade science class introduced him to the Solar System and deep space. After that, he borrowed a friends 1-inch refractor telescope to look at the night sky. At Iowa State University Dick took senior-level astronomy classes which included use of the school's 10-inch reflector. At the same time, he obtained a B.S. in Production Engineering with a minor in Aerospace Engineering. Dick was a lead production engineer on the Boeing 727 in Seattle. After his stint at Boeing, Dick worked on Martin Marietta's Viking Landers, TRS, Titan 34D, MMU, and the Space Shuttle RCS Tanks in Denver, Colorado. He then became Senior/Project Production Engineering Supervisor on other spacecraft at the Lockheed Martin Corp. After retiring, Dick moved to Casper, Wyoming, joined the Central Wyoming Astronomical Society and started volunteering at the Casper Planetarium. According to Dick, everything involved with astronomy and space exploration expands humankind's knowledge of the universe. That has all been an inherent part of his life's vocation and interest.
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Astronomy & Man in Space
Natrona County Public Library
Investigating Our Nearest Stars
Casper Planetarium
Robots in Space (1)
Park Elementary School
The Hubble, Chandra & Spitzer S/T's
Central Wyoming Senior Center
This Month's Sky
Casper Planetarium
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