Tom Dolan (engineer)
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Thomas Dolan was an American engineer who proposed the first fully developed concept of Lunar orbit rendezvous for the Apollo program while working at Vought Astronautics. [1]
Dolan referred to his LOR study concept, Manned Lunar Landing and Return (MALLR) was largely ignored by NASA administrators until Langley engineer John Houbolt began championing the concept in 1961.[1]
In the fifth episode of the 1998 HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, entitled "Spider," Tom Dolan is portrayed by Alan Ruck.
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- ^ a b Brooks, Courtney G.; Grimwood, James M. & Swenson, Loyd S. (1979). Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft. NASA. ISBN 0-486-46756-2. http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4205/ch3-2.html. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
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