автор: Thomas Lund

The author draws on over 50 years of experience with aircraft and spacecraft systems to tell the story of these unique planetary spacecraft. Lund was technical lead for the landing radars on the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft and performed system design and analysis for radars on the Viking spacecraft and Space Shuttle. He led the development of radar altimeters for military aircraft and also performed system design and analysis of aircraft navigation systems. He served three years as Electronics Officer in the U.S. Navy tasked with evaluating electronic countermeasures against air-to-air missiles. His working experience is augmented by master’s degrees in electrical engineering, physics, and business administration.