Rocket scientist who was a systems designer on Explorer I, the USA's
first satellite to orbit the earth in 1958.
Children (with first wife): daughter Victora, son Bart.
Spokesman for NASA.
System designer for Explorer I, the country's pioneering scientific
orbiter launched from Cape Canaveral in 1958.
After receiving his Master's degree in Chicago, he and a friend figured
out a system for beating roulette wheels. In Reno, he won $12,000,
bought a yacht and sailed around the Caribbean for 18 months.