Some key parts: "Lutus designed electronics for the NASA Space Shuttle and created a mathematical model of the solar system that was used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Viking Mars mission" and then "... he started writing computer programs on his first personal computer, an Apple II. In the 80s, he would eventually program Apple Writer,"
I also recommend his book about sailing around the world "Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor"!
My all-time favorite sailing book quote, from a book titled "Never Again", about a sail in the terrifying "South 40s" near Antarctica: "After the mast blew off, the boat become much more stable." :)
Why 'f * ing'? (Sorry, I'm italian... of course I know the meaning of the word, but I would like to know why do you use it for Paul Lutus, TIA)
I'm not the OP, but in some circles the four-letter expletive is used to emphasize the importance or intensity of something. E.g. "William [freaking] Shatner" means the original, unique, William Shatner, not some other William Shatner. "So [freaking] good!" means extremely good.
Hey I think I met this guy. I was in Houston for a NASA internship, he had a telescope set up in front of a Barnes & Noble, and he was introducing random passers by to a view of Jupiter (or Saturn) in the telescope.
