George Mueller

George Mueller, NASA engineer who helped enable moon landing, dies at 97, Washington Post (Extensive obituary)
“George Mueller, a coolly decisive, hard-driving engineer, scientist and administrator who was given much of the credit for enabling NASA to meet President John F. Kennedy’s manned moon landing timetable, as well as for initiating the Skylab and space shuttle programs, died Oct. 12 at his home in Irvine, Calif. He was 97.”
Remembering George Mueller, Leader of Early Human Spaceflight, NASA

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

3 responses to “George Mueller”

1. Neal Aldin says:

   October 16, 2015 at 8:56 pm

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   NASA doesn’t have anyone today with Mueller’s knowledge, reasoning and leadership abilities. It is sorely needed.

2. hesaenger says:

   October 19, 2015 at 6:15 am

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   still remembering him when he was awarded with the Eugen Saenger medal.

3. Bob Mahoney says:

   October 20, 2015 at 11:57 pm

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   One phrase sums up a lot: all-up testing. It is hard to imagine Apollo happening in the time-frame alloted without his contributions.