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Captain Robert C. Truax (USN) (September 3, 1917 – September 17, 2010) was a rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded. Truax was a proponent of low-cost rocket engine and vehicle designs.

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  • Robert Truax
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  • Captain Robert C. Truax (USN) (September 3, 1917 – September 17, 2010) was a rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded. Truax was a proponent of low-cost rocket engine and vehicle designs.
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Field
  • Aerospace engineering
Birth Date
  • 1917-09-03(xsd:date)
Origin
  • 30(xsd:integer)
death place
  • Vista, California
Guidance
  • X-15/Dyna-soar inertial platform
Spouse
  • Marisol
Footnotes
  • The Salvage 1 TV character was loosely based on Truax: "Yeah, they got it from me. They knew what I was doing. Pure imitation."
Name
  • Robert Truax
  • X-3 Volksrocket
Type
  • manned, sub-orbital, single-stage
Align
  • right
Caption
  • Captain Robert C. Truax
is missile
  • yes
Alma mater
Manufacturer
  • Truax Engineering
Influences
Image size
  • 200(xsd:integer)
Used by
  • never used
Children
  • four with 1st wife Rosalind
  • two with 2nd wife Sally
propellant
  • Liquid oxygen & Jet-A kerosene
Engine
  • 4(xsd:integer)
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Known For
  • Skycycle X-2: "I asked Evel [Knievel] to postpone the Snake River shot until I ironed out the difficulty."
altitude
  • : burnout at
work institutions
  • 1939(xsd:integer)
  • 1959(xsd:integer)
  • 1966(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • Captain Robert C. Truax (USN) (September 3, 1917 – September 17, 2010) was a rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded. Truax was a proponent of low-cost rocket engine and vehicle designs.
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