Jesco von Puttkamer
German-American aerospace engineer and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer (22 September 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a pulp science fiction writer.
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Born | Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer (1933-09-22)22 September 1933 Leipzig, Germany |
Died | 27 December 2012(2012-12-27) (aged 79) Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
Citizenship | American (1967), German |
Education | RWTH Aachen University |
Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
Years active | 1956–2012 |
Employer | NASA |
He was an advocate of human space exploration, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).[1] While at NASA, he served as the program manager in charge of long-range planning of deep space crewed activities (flights beyond Earth orbit). He was regarded as an expert on the Russian space program.[2]
Puttkamer assisted with daily on-orbit operations at NASA from 2009 until 2012.
He was given the nickname Jessie by DeForest Kelley, whom Puttkammer called Dee.[3]: xxiv
He died of a sudden flu-like illness on 27 December 2012.[1]