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| Born | Louis Dill Friedman (1941-07-07)July 7, 1941 (age 84) Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of Wisconsin, Madison (BS) Cornell University (MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
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| Fields | astronautics, engineering |
| Institutions | AVCO,The Planetary Society,Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Thesis | Extracting Scientific Information from Spacecraft Tracking Data (1971) |
Louis Dill Friedman (born July 7, 1941) is an American astronautics engineer and space spokesperson. He was born in New York and raised in the Bronx.[1] Dr. Friedman was a co-founder ofThe Planetary Society withCarl Sagan andBruce C. Murray.
In 1961, he earned his Bachelor of Science inapplied mathematics andengineering physics at theUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1963, he graduated atCornell University with a Masters of Science inengineering mechanics. In 1971, he graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology with a thesis entitled,Extracting Scientific Information from Spacecraft Tracking Data.[2]
He worked forAVCO Space Systems Division from 1963 to 1968. From 1970 through 1980, he was with theJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) leading the Advanced Planetary Studies and the post-Viking Mars Program.[3] Other projects at the JPL includeMariner-Venus-Mercury,Planetary Grand Tour (Voyager), Venus Orbital Imaging Radar (Magellan probe),Halley's Comet Rendezvous-Solar Sail, and theMars Program.[2]
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