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Hyman Rickover

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Noun1.Hyman Rickover - United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)


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That was an era of engineer heroes, such as Hyman Rickover of the nuclear navy, Wernher von Braun of the space program, and Kelly Johnson of Lockheed's Skunk Works.
Consider Admiral Hyman Rickover, the father of America's nuclear navy.
Perhaps the most outspoken of the critics was Admiral Hyman Rickover, who characterized the promulgation of a human factors program into the research, development, engineering, and production in shipbuilding as "about as useful as teaching your grandmother how to suck an egg" (1970).
 
 
 
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