An obituary for David G. Hoag, who died on Jan 19, 2015, is presented. Hoag served in the US Navy, beginning when he was a student at MIT. From MIT he received an S.B. degree in Electrical Communications and an S.M. degree in Aeronautical Engineering Instrumentation. He spent his entire career at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which later became the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. In 1951, he served as technical director of the Navy Polaris Missile Guidance System and then in 1961, as technical director and program manager of the Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Primary On Board Guidance System. In 1972, he became the department head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Army Programs Department, and then of the Advanced Systems Department. He was named a Senior Draper Fellow in 1977. In 1980, he became a technical advisor to the President of the C.S. Draper Laboratory and worked as a consultant for many years after his retirement.


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    Titel :

    AIAA Fellow Hoag Died in January


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    Lokalklassifikation TIB:    770/7040
    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88