Alan Wood RIP |
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Alan Wood RIP |
 Apr 29 2013, 12:29 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 113  |
JPL-watchers of a certain age will be very sad to hear that Alan Wood was buried this weekend, a JPL spokesman who helped coordinate news coverage of the Mariner, Viking, Voyager and Galileo missions. He was a man of unfailing courtesy and professionalism.
I must admit that in all the years I relied upon him, I never knew he was one of the heroes of Iwo Jima ! http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...0,6445543.story . |
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Apr 29 2013, 02:21 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10150 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A nice obituary. I remember Alan very well from the days of Voyager, when he taped a weekly status report as a phone message - daily during encounters - and in those far-off days before the WWW I would phone in for my Voyager fix.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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