Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last members of Werner von Braun's original rocket team has passed away.

Stuhlinger was a key inventor of ion propulsion, a system that has been used successfully on several missions to the Moon, the asteroids and one comet. Probably more of the public know him than they realize, thanks to his work in the 1950's Walt Disney television shows which featured realistic depictions of voyages to the Moon and Mars.