Abraham "Abe" Silverstein[2] (September 15, 1908 – June 1, 2001) was an American engineer who played an important part in the United States space program. He was a longtime manager at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). He was instrumental in the planning of the Apollo, Ranger, Mariner, Surveyor, and Voyager missions,[2] and named the Apollo program after the Greek and Roman God.[3]
^Encyclopedia Astronautica biography: Abe Silverstein Archived 2010-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
^ abNACA Bios, NASA.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
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