Richard h battin biography

  • Richard "Dick" Horace Battin (March 3, 1925 – February 8, 2014) was an.
  • Richard "Dick" Horace Battin was an American engineer, applied mathematician and educator who led the design of the Apollo guidance computer during the Apollo missions during the 1960s.
  • Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, RICHARD HORACE BATTIN (March 3, 1925–February 8, 2014) was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where.

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    The oral histories on this Website are the transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews with many who pioneered outer space and the Moon, and with those who continue the excitement of space exploration. To preserve the integrity of the audio record, the texts are presented with limited revisions and thus reflect the candid conversational style of the oral history format. Brackets and ellipses indicate where the text has been annotated or edited for clarity. The date of each interview is noted on the first page.

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    Nasa Johnson Space Center Oral History Project Biographical Data Sheet

    NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY planerat arbete BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET NAME: Richard Horace Battin ORAL HISTORY: 18 April 2000 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: S.B. in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1951 JOBS BEFORE NASA INVOLVEMENT: Instrumentation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1951-1956, 1957-1959) Adjunct Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1951-date unknown) Unknown Private Industry (1956-1957) NASA INVOLVEMENT: Instrumentation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1959-1970) Engineer (1961- date unknown) Assistant Director (ca.1962- date unknown) Director of Space Guidance and Analysis (ca.1966- date unknown

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    Milton B. Trageser, J. Halcomb Laning and Richard H. Battin admire a model of a space probe.

    Original Caption: "Key workers on the Recoverable Interplanetary Space Probe just announced by Massachusetts Institute of Technology are seen with model of the vehicle. Left to right, Milton Trageser, Waltham, who was Group Leader for the project; Dr. J.H. Laning, Stoneham, Deputy Associate Director of the Laboratory, who performed much of the theoretical work concerned with the project, and Dr. Richard H. Battin, Lexington, mathematician who figures out orbital paths and navigational techniques for the proposed space trip. All are assigned to M.I.T.'s Instumentation Laboratory."

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