Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger has died

In article , OM
wrote:

On Mon, 26 May 2008 22:39:25 +0200, "Alfred S. Dert"
wrote:

There is a moon crater named after Wernher von Braun.

...Was it officially named that by the Frog-controlled body that
officiates the names?

Remember that even though he was a German, he did bomb London.

--
David M. Palmer (formerly @clark.net, @ematic.com)

On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:18:39 -0700 (PDT), eyeball
wrote:

On May 25, 4:02 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On of the last original members of WvB's Peenemunde team has died:http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1291
If the name doesn't ring a bell, one of his ion-powered spaceship
designs almost certainly will:http://davidszondy.com/future/space/ionships.htm
Yes, the ones that were in the Disney television production "Mars and
Beyond".
There's a 1962 ion-powered Mars ship he also designed hehttp://www.astronautix.com/craft/stus1962.htm
If Phoenix lands on Mars successfully today, you can bet that something
in the vicinity of the landing site will get named after Stuhlinger...it
would be nifty to name the landing site "Stuhlinger Station" wouldn't
it? Considering how much that Disney program did to heighten interest in
Mars exploration, he certainly deserves it.

Pat

I would imagine his Nazi association, no matter how slight, will
eliminate any chance of naming anything after him, on PC grounds.

But was he a "good" Nazi?

"Good night, and good Nazi" - Colbert