Maxwell Hunter

Who was Maxwell Hunter?

Maxwell White Hunter II was a prominent American aerospace engineer. He worked on the design of the Douglas B-42 and B-43 bombers, the Honest John, Nike-Ajax, and Nike-Zeus missiles, the Thor IRBM, and on parts of the Strategic Defense Initiative.

In later years he worked on space-launch vehicles and was a proponent of Single-Stage-to-Orbit designs. He was honored in 1995 by the National Space Society for lifelong contributions to the technology of spaceflight.