Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• SECTION 1: GRAD STUDENT DAYS: 1947-50
• The Making Of A Rocket Scientist
• Great Court Cases, #1
• Dragon Slaying 690
• SECTION 2: THE ATOMIC YEARS: 1950-56
• Preface: What! No Flying Saucers?!
• Fun In The Pacific
• Straighten Up And Fly Right
• Mexico Under Siege
• Angle Iron To The Rescue •Mick Takes A Dare
• The A-Bomb Enables The Space Age
• A ‘17’ For Uncle Joe
• SECTION 3: GUIDED MISSILE DAYS: 1956-58
• Preface: California, Here I come!
• A Wonderful Early Simulation
• The Glitch At Mach 2
• SECTION 4: THE FABULOUS YEARS AT AEROJET: 1958-71
• Preface: The Roaring ‘60s
• Flatass Jack Of Jackass Flats
• Who Knew?
• FIRST In Space
• The Walking Wheelchair
• The Sea Bee Saga
• Dirty French Postcards
• The Algerian Galitzianer
• The Road To Maroc
• Caveat Emptor
• SECTION 5: FREEZING IN IOWA: 1971-80
• Preface: Down on the Farm
• The Iceberg Cometh
• Pie In The Sky
• Great Court Cases, #2
• IN 1984, I “INVENTED” ASTRONAUTICS
• Ode To Teaching
• SECTION 6: BACK IN OUR OWN BACKYARD – TRW: 1980-88
• Preface: Return to Industry
• The Shuttle Bus Caper
• Beating The Fog Factor
• Good Cop, Bad Cop
• Old Cyberspace U.
• SECTION 7: THE TWILIGHT ZONE: 1988-2004
• Preface: No Way Retired!
• Nih (Not Inventend Here) – The Crew Return Vehicle Metamorphoses
• The Sweet Surveillant Science
• The Hydrogen Economy
• A Man Without A Company
• SECTION 8: Summing Up: 2004-2005
• Preface: Letting Go Gradually
• The Glory Of Engineering!
• The Last Hurrah
• The Great Events Of The Last Century