Dumitru Prunariu belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Dumitru Prunariu as Romanian astronaut.
Dumitru Prunariu was born at Brașov in 1952. His recorded nationality is Romania. He was educated at Politehnica University of Bucharest and Grigore Moisil National College of Computer Science.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
He worked as military flight engineer, diplomat and engineer.
Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
His work was formally recognised with the Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin and Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration".
That the work was done from Romania matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Dumitru Prunariu is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Educated at Politehnica University of Bucharest and Grigore Moisil National College of Computer Science
- Worked as military flight engineer, diplomat and engineer
