Bill Huber

Bill Huber

Bill grew up in the Chicago area, went to the University of Illinois for a BS in engineering, and following a tenure in advanced ROTC, was comissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. He went to the Air Force Institute of Technology, focusing on armament technology (technically graduating with an aero engineering master's) in 1955. After being released from the Air Force, he visited Redstone, and recieved a job in March of 1958. He was at first assigned to the Future Project Designs Branch of the S&M laboratory of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. He worked on early Saturn developments, as well as the prospect of a lunar base, determining the ideal route for the Apollo craft, and further research into reaching Mars, transitioning into project management over time. He got involved with the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle, and served as the project manager, but the program was canceled, and he would work on projects at Houston for some time. He would work on the technology transfer program before retiring in 1992. In his retirement, he has worked with the botanical gardens. He concludes by reflecting on the Apollo project, the lack of use of Saturn hardware, and frustration behind the contemporary space program.

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2006-6

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