Harold R. Kaufman

Harold R. Kaufman

Harold R. Kaufman is an American physicist, noted for his development of ion thrusters for NASA during the 1950s and '60s. Kaufman developed a version of the duoplasmatron for the purpose of spacecraft propulsion.

Kaufman is a Professor Emeritus of the Colorado State University department of physics.

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4306/p190.jpgHarold R. Kaufman with his electron bombardment ion thruster.


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