Joseph Francis Shea
Joseph Francis Shea (September 5, 1925 – February 14, 1999) was an American aerospace engineer and NASA manager. Born in the New York City borough of the Bronx, he was educated at the University of Michigan, receiving a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics in 1955. After working for Bell Labs on the radio inertial guidance system of the Titan I intercontinental ballistic missile, he was hired by NASA in 1961. As Deputy Director of NASA's Office of Manned Space Flight, and later as head of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, Shea played a key role in shaping the course of the Apollo program, helping to lead NASA to the decision in favor of lunar orbit rendezvous and supporting "all up" testing of the Saturn V rocket. While sometimes causing controversy within the agency, Shea was remembered by his former colleague George Mueller as "one of the greatest systems engineers of our time".Deeply involved in the investigation of the 1967 Apollo 1 fire, Shea suffered from stress. He was moved to an alternative position in Washington and left NASA shortly afterwards. From 1968 until 1990 he worked as a senior manager at Raytheon in Lexington, Massachusetts, and thereafter became an adjunct professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. While Shea served as a consultant for NASA on the redesign of the International Space Station in 1993, he was forced to resign from the position due to health issues. Provided by Wikipedia
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A systems engineering approach to disturbance minimization for spacecraft utilizing controlled structures technology by Eyerman, Christopher Emil
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A systems analysis of the impact of navigation instrumentation on-board a Mars rover, based on a covariance analysis of navigation performance by Leber, Douglas Eric
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Abort scenario feasibility for the manned Mars mission by Maguire, Kevin Patrick
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Impact of nuclear thermal propulsion on the NASA 90-day study's baseline missions for the space exploration initiative by Kennedy, Fred George William
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Design of an optical interferometer spacecraft by Nisbet, Andrew Marc
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An automated tool for formulating linear covariance analysis problems by Lewin, Andrew W. (Andrew Wayne)
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An integrated design, control, and trajectory optimization algorithm for future planetary (Martian) entry/lander vehicles by Bratkovich, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward)
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Mars micro rover performance measurement and testing by Lietzau, Kenton R. (Kenton Randall)
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Feasibility of producing lunar liquid oxygen by Teeple, Brian S. (Brian Scott)
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Systems engineering for a Mars micro-rover by Schondorf, Steven Yellin
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Navigation analysis of Earth-Moon libration point missions by Gingiss, Anthony John
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