Jesco von Puttkamer
Known for Acting · 8 credits
- Born
- 1933-09-22
- Died
- 2012-12-27
- Place of birth
- Leipzig, Germany
- Also known as
- Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer
Biography
Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a pulp science fiction writer.
In 1962, Puttkamer left West Germany for the United States, where he was recruited into Wernher von Braun's rocket team at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He was a senior engineer on the Apollo program. His supervisor at Marshall was Ernst Geissler.
Puttkammer was a consultant and technical advisor for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), contributing the hypothetical theory behind the faster-than-light space warp drive, and the wormhole effect featured in the film.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (2)
About Jesco von Puttkamer
Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA, and a pulp science fiction writer. In 1962, Puttkamer left West Germany for the United States, where he was recruited into Wernher von Braun's rocket team at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He was a senior engineer on the Apollo program. His supervisor at Marshall was Ernst Geissler. Puttkammer was a consultant and technical advisor for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), contributing the hypothetical… With 8 credits spanning from 1980 to 2010, Jesco von Puttkamer has appeared in 2 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jesco von Puttkamer Movies
- Together to Mars? (1987) — as Self - NASA /Self - H.Q. Planning
- Machine Dreams (1988) — as Self
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