Jesco von Puttkamer, Von Braun Rocket Team Member, Dies at 79

Space.com ^ | December 28, 2012 | Miriam Kramer

[EveningStar]

Jesco von Puttkamer, a NASA engineer who helped launch the first astronauts to the moon, died Thursday (Dec. 27) at the age of 79 following a brief illness.

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[SunkenCiv]

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[Vaquero]

So the last one alcubierre drive? That’s cool.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Another old Nazi dies. He now gets to face a higher tribunal for what ever crimes he may have done on earth.

[hinckley buzzard]

I don't think he was much of a Nazi. He was eleven years old on VE Day.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

You should probably go to the link and read the short obit. He was hardly a Nazi!

[Vaquero]

Another old Nazi dies. He now gets to face a higher tribunal for what ever crimes he may have done on earth.

Stalin killed 10s of million of his own people. As did Mao. But a German engineer (you know. Like the engineers from the manhattan project etc.). Dies and HE'S going to meet a heavenly tribunal to send him to hell. Really. Ps. I am not of German heritage.

[El Cid]

Another old Nazi dies. He now gets to face a higher tribunal for what ever crimes he may have done on earth.

Geeze, don't read the article, but at least do the math. The title says that he died at 79. It is 2012. 2012 minus 79 is 1933...
I seriously doubt Von Puttkamer was a member of the National Socialist party at six years old.

[True Republican Patriot]

Can you please limit your pings to just one set of photos?
Just askin....:-)

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I don't think he was much of a Nazi. He was eleven years old on VE Day.

True, and according to one account he grew up in Switzerland. The von Puttkamers were a very prominent Prussian family who played important roles in the military down through the centuries. Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer was Hitler's naval adjudant. I haven't been able to find any close connection, though. In any case, this Jesco von Puttkamer was too young to have played any role in the war.

[True Republican Patriot]

Pardon me! Do you have any other problems?
He was 11 when the war ended in Europe!
Maybe he dispised Hitler for his atrocities!
My Gosh!
By the way, what have You done to help our America?

[GreyFriar]

The “other” team.

[wastedyears]

I first heard of that listening to Ian Douglas audiobooks.

[fieldmarshaldj]

He was also a consultant on the first Star Trek film. RIP.

[Vaquero]

Googled Ian Douglas never heard of him.

I amassed the information piecemeal and put it in context myself

[AppyPappy]

Here’s a good video of old Jesco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0h3a7MmMss

[WashingtonSource]

I met and interviewed him several times, going back to the 1980s. He was very accessible to journalists, personable and eager to explain the science behind the Space Shuttle program. Hard for me to think of him as deceased.