Jesco von Puttkamer
Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer (22 September 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a pulp science fiction writer.
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| Born | Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer 22 September 1933 Leipzig, Germany |
| Died | 27 December 2012 (aged 79) Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
| Citizenship | American (1967), German |
| Education | RWTH Aachen University |
| Occupation | Aerospace engineer |
| Years active | 1956–2012 |
| Employer | NASA |
He was an advocate of human space exploration, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). While at NASA, he served as the program manager in charge of long-range planning of deep space crewed activities (flights beyond Earth orbit). He was regarded as an expert on the Russian space program.
Puttkamer assisted with daily on-orbit operations at NASA from 2009 until 2012.
He was given the nickname Jessie by DeForest Kelley, whom Puttkammer called Dee.: xxiv
He died of a sudden flu-like illness on 27 December 2012.
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