Background
Gustafsson, Baldur Freyr was born on April 2, 1945 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Gustaf Helgi Hermannsson and Ólöf Sigridur Baldursdottir.
Gustafsson, Baldur Freyr was born on April 2, 1945 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Son of Gustaf Helgi Hermannsson and Ólöf Sigridur Baldursdottir.
Bachelor, University Iceland, Reykjavik, 1969. Master of Arts, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, New Jersey, 1975.
Habilitation (honorary), University Iceland, Reykjavik, 1979. Habilitation (honorary), L'Ecole de Polytech., Lyon, France, 1985.
Consultant National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Kennedy Space Center, Orlando, Florida, 1976-1977, Jet Propulsion Lab-National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Pasadena, California, 1977-1980, 99—, chief consultant interplanetary department, since 1999. Chief advisor Aerospatiale, Lyon, France, 1980-1999, AsiaSat, Hong Kong, 1991-1999. Technical advisor European Space Agency, Paris, 1982-1987.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, Planetary Society, American Astronomical Society.
Son of Gustaf Helgi Hermannsson and Ólöf Sigridur Baldursdottir;m. Hrafnhildur Hafsteinsdottir, January 21, 1967 (dvi. February 1968); married Linda Pétursdottir, June 17, 1969.
Children: Laufey Baldursdottir, Gustaf Baldursson.