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Morris Scharff

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Morris Scharff
Born(1929-01-11)January 11, 1929
DiedNovember 22, 2017(2017-11-22) (aged 88) [1]
OccupationPhysicist

Morris "Moe" Scharff was an American physicist and explosive engineer who researched the ablation aspects of the American Project Orion nuclear propulsion spacecraft in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]

Moe died on November 22, 2017.

References

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  1. ^ "Morris Fraenkel Scharff 1929 - 2017". La Jolla Light. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ Dyson, G. (2003). Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship. Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-7284-6. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
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