Peter Stickney wrote:
Rand Simberg wrote:

On 22 Jun 2005 19:38:17 -0700, in a place far, far away, "Ed Kyle"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a way as to indicate that:

Jim Davis wrote:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...6-22-shriever-
death_x.htm

Gen. Schriever built the U.S. missile deterrent
and, simultaneously, laid the foundation for U.S.
space exploration both military and civil.

He was the Billy Mitchell of space.

He was better than that. He got the job done, and didn't get his ass
canned for shooting his mouth off out of turn.
Gen, Schreiver was the only live human being to have an Air Force Base
named for him. (Well, until now, anyway)

He can be compared with Gen. Curtis Lemay and
Admiral Rickover - in terms of his accomplishments
if not his personality. Gen. Lemay built the
modern U.S. Air Force and the Strategic Air Command
(the Air Force still flies some of his B-52s).
Adm. Rickover built the nuclear navy with its
stealthly missile boats. Gen. Schriever built the
land based missile force - the third leg of the
nuclear triad. Thor, Atlas, Titan, and Minuteman
missiles, including the manufacture, support, test,
and underground silo launch infrastructure.

Gen. Schriever was the man who won the "missile
race"

- Ed Kyle