Richard F. Gordon made a career in technology at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Richard F. Gordon as American astronaut (1929–2017).
Richard F. Gordon was born at Seattle in 1929. His recorded nationality is the United States. He was educated at University of Washington and Naval Postgraduate School.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as military officer, test pilot and astronaut.
His affiliations include National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
The honours are a fair index of how the work was received - United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, International Space Hall of Fame (1982) and National Aviation Hall of Fame (2020).
Working from the United States shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Richard F. Gordon died in 2017 at the age of 88. The work outlived the arguments around it.
Achievements
- United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
- International Space Hall of Fame — 1982
- National Aviation Hall of Fame — 2020
- Affiliated with National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Educated at University of Washington, Naval Postgraduate School and United States Naval Test Pilot School
- Worked as military officer, test pilot and astronaut
