Robert Jastrow was an American astronomer and planetary physicist.
11 Facts About Robert Jastrow
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Robert Jastrow was a NASA scientist, populist author and futurist.
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Robert Jastrow attended the summer program at Camp Rising Sun.
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Robert Jastrow entered Columbia University for his undergraduate and graduate college, where he earned the BA, MA, and PhD degrees in physics.
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Robert Jastrow was the first chairman of NASA's Lunar Exploration Committee, which established the scientific goals for the exploration of the Moon during the Apollo lunar landings.
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Robert Jastrow was a public figure, prolific author and commentator on a range of topics including the space program, astronomy, earth science, and national security issues.
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Robert Jastrow lectured on CBS and NBC, and his book, Red Giants and White Dwarfs: The Evolution of Stars.
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In 1981, Robert Jastrow left NASA to join the faculty of Dartmouth College as professor of Earth Sciences.
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Robert Jastrow left Dartmouth in 1992 to take up duties as director and chairman of the Mount Wilson Institute, managing the Mount Wilson Observatory in California.
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Robert Jastrow acknowledged that Earth was experiencing a warming trend but claimed that the cause was likely to be natural variation.
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Robert Jastrow has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.