Louis Friedman

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Education and Career

In 1961 he earned his Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics from University of Wisconsin. In 1963 he graduated from Cornell University with a Masters of Science in Engineering Mechanics. In 1971 he graduated with a Ph.D. from the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department of MIT with his thesis on “Extracting Scientific Information from Spacecraft Tracking Data.” [ [http://www.planetary.org/about/founders/louis_friedman.html The Planetary Society] ]

He worked for AVCO Space Systems Division from 1963-1968. From 1970 through 1980 he was with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) leading the Advanced Planetary Studies and the post-Viking Mars Program. [ [http://www.thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=896 The Space Show] ] Other projects at the JPL include Mariner-Venus-Mercury, Planetary Grand Tour (Voyager), Venus Orbital Imaging Radar (Magellan probe), Halley's Comet Rendezvous-Solar Sail, and the Mars Program. [ [http://www.planetary.org/about/founders/louis_friedman.html The Planetary Society] ]

Projects, Print, and Speeches

*"Star Sailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Flight", Louis Friedman, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1988, ISBN: 978-0471625933, 146 pgs.
*Project Director of the Solar Sail mission by The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studies: Cosmos I
*Part of the technical team on the Mars Balloon and Mars Rover for The Planetary Society
*Asked to participate in both Congressional and Administrative reviews for American and Russian space missions [ [http://www.thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=896 The Space Show] ]
*2004 Congressional Hearings on Space: United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – NASA Future Space Mission [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=11681]
* [http://www.space.com/opinionscolumns/opinions/friedman_000627.html ”Think Bigger About Mars”] Louis Friedman, June 27, 2000
* [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/929/1 ”A Space Nerds Responds”] Louis Friedman, August 13, 2007
* [http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4221315.html?page=12 ”Where will the Next 50 Years in Space Take Us? Expert Opinions”] Popular Mechanics, September 2007

Associations

*The Planetary Society – Executive Director and author of World Watch in the [http://www.planetary.org/programs/planetary_report.html Planetary Report]
*Sigma Xi
*American Astronautical Society
*Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
*American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics – Congressional Fellow 1978-79

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