New Future Missile Head Named at Redstone Arsenal
REDSTONE ARSENAL An Ordnance officer with 21 years of service named chief of the Future Missile Systems Division in the U S Army Missile Command Directorate of Research and Development. Lt Col Raymond J Astor comes from command of the 15th Ordnance Battalion in Frankfurt Germany. He replaces Lt Col James C Miller Jr who moves to Bangkok with the R D Field Unit. Astor is a Chicago native with degrees from Chicago Technical College Purdue and the Command and General Staff College. He and his wife Alma live at 423 Hughes Drive Redstone Arsenal with their two children Gina and Ray Jr. A scientist from the Army Missile Command will discuss ablation at the Ninth Symposium on Ballistic Missiles and Space Technology in San Diego Calif. Dr Bernard J Steverding describes a theory on ablation of non Newtonian liquids near the stagnation point. Steverding has authored technical articles and a reference bookThermodynamic Relaxation in Shock Waves. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Munster and a Doctor of Engineering from Aachen. About half of campgrounds and national parks have good access roads and facilities while about half are in remote areas with few reserved for the physically challenged.