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John Valentine Breakwell
John Valentine Breakwell
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Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in February 1981, John will be remembered as a key founder en c} major developer of astrodynamics. During a career spanning more than four clecades, he was one of the most skillful contributors in trajectory optimization, differential-game theory, and their · .
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John published the first paper on trajectory optimization using the calculus of variations in 1959 to address the new problem of placing an artificial satellite in orbit. His continuing work in optimization theory led to a wide range of applicationsmissile trajectories, aircraft flight-path optimization, and interplanetary flight.
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This was followed in 1974 by the American Astronautical Society presentation of the Dirk Brouwer Award for significant technical contributions to spaceflight mechanics and astrodynamics. Later he received the Humboldt Research Award for U.S.
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He loved Gilbert and Sullivan and sang the lead in several of their operettas produced at Stanford, including the judge in Trial by Jury and the major general in The Pirates of Penzance. He couldand frequently would- sing from memory many of the famous "patter songs." John had a marvelously droll sense of humor, and it was truly a delight to hear any of his many anecdotes—always told with wonderful accents and authentic dialects.
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