Ed Stone, scientist and salesman for the Voyager mission, has died
Ed Stone, former Voyager mission leader, passed away at 88. He managed conflicts, led groundbreaking exploration, and left a legacy in space exploration and public communication, impacting the scientific community significantly.
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Ed Stone, the former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and project scientist for the Voyager mission, passed away on June 9, 2024, at the age of 88. Stone led the Voyager mission for five decades, overseeing its groundbreaking exploration of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He was known for his leadership and dedication to public communication. Stone's role in managing conflicts among scientific teams during the brief flybys of the spacecraft contributed to the mission's success. Beyond Voyager, he was involved in various NASA missions and served as a professor at the California Institute of Technology. Stone's legacy includes the establishment of the Edward C. Stone Professorship in his honor. His enthusiasm for space exploration and eloquence in explaining complex missions left a lasting impact on the scientific community. Stone's contributions to space exploration will be remembered as a significant chapter in humanity's quest for knowledge beyond our solar system.
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12 commentshttps://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ed-stone-former-director-of-jp...
It would be nice to see an occasional mission like Voyager. Every few years just send something out to take some pictures of something we have not seen close up yet. Let it keep going and looking around (and back).
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19810001583/downloads/19...
(HN also seems to have disabled replies to that comment, or I'd be noting this there.)
A paywall-free obit is available from the CBC: <https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/ed-stone-head-of-the-voyager...>
There's also a NASA/JPL obit <https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ed-stone-former-director-of-jp...> commented by ChrisArchitect here: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40930393>
Which was discussed a month ago, making this submission a dupe as well.
I've emailed mods on the first two issues.
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