Samuel Kurtz Hoffman

Samuel Kurtz Hoffman

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alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University
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known_for = rocket propulsion
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Samuel Kurtz Hoffman (15 April 1902 – 26 June 1995) was an American engineer who specialised in rocket propulsion.

After studying at Pennsylvania State University, he became professor of Aerospace engineering there.

While leading a team at North American Aviation (which later became Rocketdyne) between 1949 and 1970 he developed the F-1 engines that would power the Saturn 5 rocket, and later worked on the Space Shuttle main engine.

References

* http://www.astronautix.com/astros/hofamuel.htm


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