Eugene F. Lally

Eugene F. Lally was a Space Age pioneer{1} born in South Boston, Massachusetts in 1934. Educated as an electrical engineer at Northeastern University in Boston with additional education in celestial mechanics, rocket propulsion, astrophysics, aerodynamics, planetary science, astronomy and archaeology.Fact|date=November 2007

Lally's technical papers were presented at national meetings of a variety of societies and published by: the American Rocket Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, IEEE, in journals and magazines such as: Astronautics, Astronautica Acta, Design News, Aviation Weekly, and national and local newspapers.

He published technical papers about rockets and space flight while in college in the mid 50's before the launch of Sputnik. Upon graduation he went to California to help start up the space program. Lally published initial papers outlining the exploration of the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, comets, asteroids, solar system escape probe, earth satellites and Direct TV. The papers were comprehensive and included: launch dates, energy and propulsion system requirements, spacecraft designs and planetary science to be explored upon arrival.

He conceived technologies for the space program and transferred technology to consumer product applications. Lally proposed Manned Mars Missions{2} using nuclear propulsion and designed optical guidance and navigation for astronauts' onboard use and simulated gravity to protect them from bone mass loss during the long weightlessness trajectory.

One paper introduced digital photography in 1961 while at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA. It was titled, "Mosaic Guidance for Interplanetary Travel" presented at the annual convention of the American Rocket Society, 1961. It proposed manned Mars missions including the design of cameras employing mosaic arrays of photodetectors with their output processed in the digital domain to provide onboard guidance and navigation. This was the first presentation of a digital photography concept and digital camera.

His gravity simulation for manned Mars missions was published in 1962 titled "To Spin or Not to Spin".

He initially worked and studied under Krafft A. Ehricke [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafft_Arnold_Ehricke] , a German rocket scientist at Peenemunde, who came to America after WWII. They worked together at Convair Astronautics in San Diego. Ehricke taught Lally orbital and celestial mechanics from his newly published book "Space Flight" that became the premier reference book for orbital mechanics in the new space business.

Lally was a major contributor to the pioneering phase of the space age creating concepts that were applied to planetary exploratory missions. He continues to create by introducing industrial, consumer, automotive and photography products. He writes for space, photography, travel, archaeology and economics publications.

Publications

Lally, Eugene F. at Convair Astronautics, San Diego, California. "Abstract- Mosaic Guidance for Interplanetary Travel". American Rocket Society, February, 1961.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Mosaic Guidance for Interplanetary Travel", Space Flight Report to the Nation, pp 2249-61, American Rocket Society, New York, October 9-15, 1961.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Space Report - Guidance Concepts". Electronic Design, October 25, 1961.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Mosaic Guidance for Interplanetary Travel". American Rocket Society, Astronautics, June 1962.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Mosaic Space Guidance Systems". Electronics, June 6, 1962.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Mosaic Star Trackers for Guidance of Manned Spaceships". Electronics Design, August 16, 1962.

Lally, Eugene F. at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "To Spin or Not To Spin", (Manned Mars Missions). American Rocket Society, Astronautics, September 1962.

Lally, Eugene F. at Space-General Corporation/Aerojet-General. "Conceptual Spacecraft Designs for Exploration of Mecury". First Annual Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. June 28-July 2, 1964, Washington, DC.

Lally, Eugene F. at Space-General Corporation/Aerojet-General. "Conceptual Spacecraft Designs for the Exploration of Jupiter". Second Annual Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, July 26-29, 1965, San Francisco, Calififornia.

Lally, Eugene F. at Space-General Corporation/Aerojet-General. "Conceptual Spacecraft Designs for the Exploration of Jupiter". Astronautica Acta, July-August 1965.

Lally, Eugene F. at Lally Photography, "Camera Bodies". Anthropology News, American Anthropological Association. September 2002.

Lally, Eugene F. at Lally Photography, "Photography Ethics Collaborating with American Indians". Anthropology News, American Anthropological Association. November 2004.

Lally, Eugene F. at Lally Photography, "Photographer's Guide to Protecting the Use and Misuse of Images". Anthropology News, American Anthropological Association. December 2004.

Lally, Eugene F. at Lally Photography, "State-of-the-Art of Digital Photography". Anthropology News, Vol. 47, Number 9, American Anthropological Association, December 2006

References

1. "Cartwheeling Vehicle Asked for Mars Trip". Los Angeles Times, September 3, 1962.

2. "Spinning Key to Long Space Trip - Revolving Cabin to Overcome Lack of Gravity". Manned Mars Mission. The Boston Globe, September 3, 1962.

3. "Landing Foreseen on Martian Moon". The Independent, Pasadena, California. May 24, 1963.

4. "Scientist to Attend Space meeting - to Urge Mercury Exploration". The Independent, Pasadena, California. June 29, 1964.

5. "El Montean to Urge Mercury Explorations". Star News, Southern California. June 29, 1964.

6. "NASA Receptive to Mercury Flight - El Monte Engineer Honored". The Independent, Pasadena, California. July 3, 1964.

7. United States Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Man of America Award. Eugene F. Lally. 1964

8. "Mercury, Jupiter put on Places to Visit List, Space Trips Planned to Mercury and Jupiter". The Independent, Pasadena, California August 1, 1965.

9. "Keep Probing Space - Ex Quincy Resident Says". The Patriot Ledger , Quincy, Massachusetts. July 26, 1989.

10. "Unplanned Obsolescence - Individual Inventors are Endangered Species". Northeastern University Magazine, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. May 1991. Volume 16, Number 5.