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Adam Steltzner
American aerospace engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adam Diedrich Steltzner (born 1963)[1] is an American NASA engineer who works for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He worked on several flight projects including Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). He was the lead engineer of the Mars Science Laboratory's EDL phase (Entry, Descent and Landing),[2][3] and helped design, build and test the sky crane landing system.[1][6]
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Born | Adam Diedrich Steltzner 1963 (age 60–61)[1] |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | College of Marin University of California, Davis (BSc) California Institute of Technology (MSc) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
Known for | Mars Pathfinder Mars Exploration Rovers Mars Science Laboratory[2][3] Mars 2020 Mars sample-return mission |
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Institutions | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory University of Wisconsin–Madison University of California, Davis California Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Input force estimation, inverse structural systems and the inverse structural filter (1999) |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel C. Kammer[4][5] |
Website | www |
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The media has portrayed Steltzner as a "rock and roll" engineer.[7] NPR's Morning Edition said "he has pierced ears, wears snakeskin boots and sports an Elvis haircut,"[1] while the EE Times called him "a bit of a hipster" and a "new breed of engineer" who is media savvy.[6][8]