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Edward C. Stone, 1936-2024
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoI grew up watching him on tv whenever planetary missions did something great. So, I saw him a lot and admired him even more. A true giant has passed.
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- toomuchtodo 2y agoRelated: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40651715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40651715
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- idkdotcom 2y agoTruly RIP. I stopped counting the number of times I have watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp4t_5v_y_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp4t_5v_y_0 that features him prominently as the scientific director of the Voyager missions. I can't remember well but I was either in my second or third year of college when I saw this documentary for the first time. What a sad day!
- basementcat 2y agoI didn’t have the good fortune to personally know or work with him but I'll always remember his brisk pace when he walked around campus, even in his later years. I like to imagine he was always going to something very important and urgent.
- jgalt212 2y agoIf you read anything about this man, you come away feeling like this man was a giant. His 1980's Voyager news conferences on are YouTube. They are astounding to watch, in an of themselves, and also to observe the skill in which Stone presents the findings.