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  • Wes Kelly
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    Wall of Honor Level:
    Air and Space Friend

    Honored by:

    * Aerospace engineer
    * USAF veteran (1966-1970) flying aerial reconnaissance missions.
    * Received Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
    * Author of ~20 technical papers (e.g., trajectory optimization of launch vehicles, design of reusable spacecraft, planetary motion in binary star systems.
    * Participated in Space Shuttle and Space Station programs including as interpreter with Russian partners.
    * Worked to design horizontal take-off and landing launch vehicle (Stellar J).
    * Member of:
    * American Astronautical Society
    * Prop Wash Group
    * Fellow, British Interplanetary Society
    * Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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