Background
Bussard, Robert William was born on August 11, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Marcel Julian and Elsa Mathilda (Griesser) Bussard.
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Nuclear rocket propulsion (McGraw-Hill series in missile and space technology)
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Robert William Bussard made pioneering efforts in NASA's Project Rover and Project NERVA, nuclear rocket projects, at Jackass Flats, Nevada from 1955 to 1972 to produce clean and cheap energy through nuclear fusion. He is the inventor of the Bussard ramjet and a design engineer of the FALCON project.
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Robert William Bussard
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Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1950; Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952; Master of Science in Physics, Princeton University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Princeton University, 1961.
Career
Design engineer, Falcon program Hughes Aircraft Company, 1949-1951; mechanic engineer aircraft nuclear propulsion project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1952-1955; alternate group leader nuclear rocket program, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1955-1962; alternate leader laser division, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1971-1973; director nuclear systems staff, assistant director mechanics division, Space Technology laboratories, TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, California, 1962-1964; associate manager research and engineering, corporation chief scientist, Electro-Optical Systems division Xerox Corporation, Pasadena, California, 1964-1969; with, Computer Society of India Corporation, Los Angeles, 1969-1970; manager, Cherokee Associations, Pasadena, California, 1970-1972; assistant director division controlled thermonuclear research, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1973-1974; founder, president, chairman, Energy Resources Group (ERG), Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1974-1986; founder, president, chairman, International Nuclear Energy Systems Company (INESCO), Inc., La Jolla, California and McLean, Virginia, 1976-1984; senior scientist, PSR Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, 1985-1989; founder, technical director, Energy/Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2), Manassas Park, Virginia, since 1984. Consultant North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1960-1964, unites states department Energy, 1974-1978, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1973-1988, director central intelligence, 1971-1978. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1960-1969, U.Fla., 1962-1964.
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Nuclear rocket propulsion (McGraw-Hill series in missile and space technology)
(Robert William Bussard made pioneering efforts in NASA's ...)
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Nuclear rocket propulsion (McGraw-Hill series in missile and space technology)
Membership
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member American Physical Society, International Academy Astronautics.
Connections
Married Dolly H. Gray, 1981. Children: Elise Marie Bussard Chisholm, William Julian, Robert Lee, Virginia Lesley Bussard Barausky.
