Jay Greene
Engineer, Academic
Who is Jay Greene?
Jay H. Greene is a retired NASA engineer. He worked as a FIDO flight controller during the Apollo Program and a flight director from 1982 to 1986, most notably as ascent flight director during the Challenger accident in 1986. Greene worked for four years as a manager on the International Space Station project and received several awards for his work including the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. After his retirement in 2004 he served as a part-time consultant on the Exploration Systems Architecture Study. NASA Associate Administrator Rex Geveden described him as "a famous technical curmudgeon in the Agency."
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- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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