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Mike Blackstone

Former NASA/JPL engineer

Mike Blackstone started working at JPL in 1972, and later worked at NASA Goddard and for other government agencies. It took him a long time to realize that the high point of his "career" was achieved in 1972. He can be reached at [email protected].

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