Tom Mueller 11月30日在推特上宣布退休。
他也是掩映在Elon Musk光环下,很少被媒体报道的真正英雄式人物。他牵头设计的MERLIN发动机,是火箭公司的关键技术。
维基介绍:
He was a founding employee of SpaceX , an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California .
He is best known for his engineering work on the TR-106 and SpaceX rocket engines . He is considered one of the world's leading spacecraft propulsion experts and holds several United States patents for propulsion technology.
He attended the University of Idaho where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering .
这是 Tom Mueller,自2002年SpaceX创业以来的简历,不愧为公司元老:
他在公司德州test site的介绍:
VIDEO
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1. SpaceX Superstars: Tom Mueller, former Propulsion CTO (强烈推荐)
https://www.elonx.net/spacex-superstars-tom-mueller-former-propulsion-cto/#comments
2. SpaceX Engine Design Guru Retires After Setting Company Up For Mars Missions
https://wccftech.com/spacex-engine-design-guru-retires-company-set-mars/