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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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Earth Satellites
Central Wyoming Astronomical Society
Earth Satellites
Casper Senior Center
The Exploration of Mars
Central Wyoming Astronomical Society
U.S. AeroSpace & Astronomy Postage Stamps Part 1
Casper Senior Center
U.S. AeroSpace & Astronomy Postage Stamps Part 2
Casper Senior Center
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