About Burt Freeman
Lived 1925 – 2016 (aged 90–91). Burt Freeman was an American physicist.
Burton E Freeman (July 3, 1924 – October 4, 2016) was an American physicist and explosive engineer who researched the calculated expedition timetables for the American Project Orion nuclear propulsion spacecraft in the 1950s and 60s. He calculated timetables for round trips to Mars and Venus.
Burt had commented that "In retrospect" Orion "was a really crazy idea". "A great deal of force of personality and intellect drove this project". Burt lived in San Diego until moving to Kihei, HI in 2015, where he lived until his death on October 4, 2016.
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American physicist
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Burt Freeman was born in 1925 in United States.
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Burt Freeman died on 4 October 2016 in Kihei.
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