Klaus-Dietrich Flade belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Klaus-Dietrich Flade as German astronaut.
Klaus-Dietrich Flade was born at Büdesheim in 1952. His recorded nationality is Germany. He was educated at University of the Bundeswehr Munich.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Klaus-Dietrich Flade is described as astronaut, engineer and aircraft pilot.
The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His work was formally recognised with the Order of Friendship of Peoples and Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration".
That the work was done from Germany matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Klaus-Dietrich Flade is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Educated at University of the Bundeswehr Munich
- Worked as astronaut, engineer and aircraft pilot
