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NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER ORAL HISTORY PROJECT BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.S. in Math, Physics and Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, India, 1945 Attended La Martiniere College, Calcutta, India (1941-1942) PRE-NASA EXPERIENCE: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Weybridge, England Graduate Analyst (1947-1948) Aircraft Structures Analyst (1948-1953) Bristol Aircraft Ltd., London, England Aircraft Structures Engineer (1953-1957) Avro Aircraft Ltd., Malton, Ontario, Canada Aircraft Structures Engineer (1957-1960) NASA INVOLVEMENT: NASA Space Task Group, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia Senior Structures Engineer, Flight Systems (1960-1961) NASA Manned Spacecraft Center/ Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas Aerospace Technologist, Spacecraft Research Division (1961-1963) Aerospace Technologist, Space Environment Division (1963-1964) Assistant Chief, Meteoroid Environment Section (1964-1965) Manager, Apollo Subsystem Meteoroid Protection (1965-1967) Chief, Meteoroid Sciences Branch, Space Physics Division (1967-1971) Scientific Specialist, Meteoroid Sciences and Hypervelocity Impact Physics (19711974) Space Scientist, Troposphere Project, Environmental Effects Office (1974-1978) Aerospace Technologist, Technical Planning Office (1978-1983) Senior Scientist, Space Science Branch, Solar System Exploration Division (19831986) Space Scientist, Planetary Studies Branch, Solar System Exploration Division (19861989) POST-NASA EXPERIENCE: McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Houston, Texas Space Division (1989-1993) McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Dayton, Ohio Space Division (1993-1994)


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Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX Consultant (1994-current) PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES: · Graduate Member, Royal Aeronautical Society, College of Aeronautical Engineering, London, England · Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society, England · Chartered Engineer, England AWARDS & CITATIONS: · MSC Quality Salary Increase, 1966 · MSC Superior Achievement Award, 1969 · JSC Outstanding Performance Rating, 1975 · JSC Superior Performance Award, 1976 · JSC Superior Performance Award, 1980 · 25 Year Service Award, 1985 SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS: Burbank, P. B., and Burton G. Cour-Palais. "Meteoroid environment." In Manned Spacecraft: Engineering, Design and Operation. (New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1964): 53-61. Burbank, P. B., Burton G. Cour-Palais, and W. E. McAllum. "A meteoroid environment for near-earth, cislunar, and near-lunar operations." NASA Technical Report NASATM-X-65053 (CASI 19700076046). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1964. Burbank, P. B., Burton G. Cour-Palais, and W. E. McAllum. "A meteoroid environment for near-earth, cislunar, and near-lunar operations." NASA Technical Report NASATM-D-2747 (CASI 19650011278). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1965. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "NASA space vehicle design criteria-environment. Meteoroid environment model - 1969/ near earth to lunar surface/." NASA Technical Report NASA-SP-8013 (CASI 19690030941). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1969. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "Meteroid protection by multiwall structures." AIAA Paper 693722. Cincinnati, Ohio: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Hypervelocity Impact Conference, 1969. Benson, R. E., Burton G. Cour-Palais, L. E. Giddings, Jr., S. Jacobs, P. H. Johnson, J. R. Martin, F. J. Mitchell, and K. A. Richardson. " Preliminary results from Surveyor 3 analysis." Apollo 12- Preliminary Scientific Report. (1 June 1970): 217-223.


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Cour-Palais, Burton G. "The meteoroid environment and structural reliability." NASA Technical Report NASA-TM-X-65034 (CASI 19700026413). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1970. Cour-Palais, Burton G., R. E. Flaherty, R. W. High, D. J. Kessler, D. S. McKay, and H. A. Zook. "Results of the Surveyor III sample impact examination conducted at the Manned Spacecraft Center." Lunar Science Conference Proceedings, 2nd. Vol. 3. (1114 January 1971): 2676-2780. Cour-Palais, Burton G., R. E. Flaherty, and H. A. Zook. "Meteoroid activity on the lunar surface from the Surveyor 3 sample examination." NASA Technical Paper NASATM-X-58079 (CASI 19720007178). Seattle, Washington: COSPAR, 14th Plenary Meeting, June 1971. Cour-Palais, Burton G., R. E. Flaherty, R. W. High, D. J. Kessler, D. S. McKay, and H. A. Zook. "Results of examination of the returned Surveyor 3 samples for particulate impacts." Analysis of Surveyor 3 Material and Photographs Returned by Apollo 12. (1 January 1972): 158-167. Cour-Palais, Burton G., R. E. Flaherty, and M. L. Brown. "Apollo window meteoroid experiment." Apollo 15 Preliminary Scientific Report (1 January 1972): 9. Cour-Palais, Burton G., M. L. Brown, and D. S. McKay. "Apollo window meteoroid experiment." Apollo 16 Preliminary Scientific Report (1 January 1972): 10. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "Apollo window meteoroid experiment." Apollo 17 Preliminary Scientific Report (1 January 1973): 9. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "The current micrometeoroid flux at the moon for the masses less than or equal to one ten-millionth g from the Apollo window and Surveyor 3 TV camera results." Lunar Science Conference, 5th, Houston, Texas. Vol. 3 (18-22 March 1974): 2451-2462. Igensbergs, E. B., Burton G. Cour-Palais, E. Fisher, and O. Stehle. "Plasma flow and fast particles in a hypervelocity accelerator - A color presentation." Applied Optics Vol. 14 (October 1975): 2542-2548. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "Proceedings of the Space Shuttle Environmental Assessment Workshop on Troposheric Effects." NASA-TM-X-58199 (CASI 19770016684). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1977. Kessler, D. J., and Burton G. Cour-Palais. "Collision frequency of artificial satellites The creation of a debris belt." Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 83 (June 1978): 2637-2646.


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Cour-Palais, Burton G. "Results of the Skylab/ Apollo windows for micrometeoroid impacts." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Texas Vol. 2 (January 1979): 1665-1672. Kessler, D. J., Burton G. Cour-Palais, R. E. Taylor, and P. M. Landry. "Collision avoidance in space." IEEE Spectrum Vol. 17 (June 1980): 37-41. Loftus, J. P., Burton G. Cour-Palais, and R. L. Lohman. "Some significant considerations in the planning of sortie missions." International Aeronautical Federation Paper (CASI 19810034010). Houston: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1980. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "Hypervelocity impact investigations and meteoroid shielding experience related to Apollo and Skylab." Orbital Debris (March 1985): 247-275. Cour-Palais, Burton G. and Sherman L. Avans. "Shielding against debris." Aerospace America Vol. 26 (June 1988): 24-25. Cour-Palais, Burton G. and Jeanne L. Crews. "Hypervelocity impacts and upper-stage breakups." Orbital debris from upper-stage breakup. (January 1989): 25-38. Tullos, R. J., W. M. Gray, S. A. Mullin, and Burton G. Cour-Palais. "A hypervelocity launcher for simulated large fragment space debris impacts at 10 km/s." AIAA Paper 89-1345 (CASI 19890043449). Houston: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1989. Cour-Palais, Burton G. "The long-term effects of the micrometeoroid and orbital debris environments on materials used in space." NASA, Langley Research Center, NASA/ SDIO Space Environment Effects on Materials Workshop, Part 1. (May 1989): 257280. Cour-Palais, Burton G., and Jeanne L. Crews. "A multi-shock concept for spacecraft shielding." International Journal of Impact Engineering. Vol. 10 (January 1990): 135146. Ang, J. A., L. C. Chhabildas, Burton G. Cour-Palais, E. L. Christiansen, and Jeanne L. Crews. "Evaluation of Whipple bumper shields at 7 and 10 km/s." NASA Technical Report. NASA-TM-107958 (CASI 19920019682). Houston: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1991. U.S. Patent 5,067,388: "Hypervelocity impact shield." 26 November 1991. SOURCES: Burton G. Cour-Palais Service Record Card, Personnel File, Human Resources Office, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.


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Burton G. Cour-Palais, NASA Biographical Data Sheet, Burton G. Cour-Palais Biographical File, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. Burton G. Cour-Palais, interview by Christopher Gainor, 8 November 1995. Transcipt on loan from Interviewer. [NASA CASI Technical Report Server], [Online]. (12 March 1999 - Last Updated), Available: http://www.sti.nasa.gov/casitrs.html/ [5 June 2000 - Accessed]. NASA Johnson Space Center Telephone Directories, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Telephone Directories, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. NASA Space Task Group Telephone Directories, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. Organizational Charts, Boxes 13 and 14, Organizational Series, Center Collection, History Collection, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. [United States Patent Office Homepage], [Online]. (25 May 2000 - Last Updated), Available: http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html/ [5 June 2000 - Accessed].
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET CREATED: 14 JUNE 2000