
Space Policy Edition: Pathfinder and the Birth of the Discovery Program
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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J P l'S Innovativ Manager, Tony Spear
West huntress at solarsystem exploration wasthat, that's kind of interesting. J p l went back and said, give us another chance. They got out innovativ manager called tony spear who had helpe to rescue the magellan when it had crippling software problems in venus orbit. And so tony spear came back with a credible concept for near a hundred and 50 million dollars. But, you know, a p l was cheaper. It brought to west huntresss attention that tony spear might be the manager who could do something that sort of ran against the grain of the way things ere don't to j p l in the early night.
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