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| Subject: Idiot: NASA rocket scientist and champion wingsuit pioneer plummets to his death in Saudi Arabia Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:08 pm | |
| A British NASA scientist and wingsuit champion died in a base jumping accident in Saudi Arabia years after starting a project to make the sport safer.
Astronautical engineer Dr Angelo Grubisic, 38, lost his life while taking part in a planned jump in the Middle Eastern country on Tuesday, weeks after he was crowned a wingsuit champion by the British Parachute Association.
The 'phenomenally talented' scientist had led a wingsuit design team at the University of Southampton where he lectured in astronautics and advanced propulsion.
He had previously worked on spacecraft propulsion for the European Space Agency and NASA - and in 2015 he set up the 'Icarus Project' which sought to design a world-record breaking wingsuit while improving safety.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7384849/British-scientist-led-team-designing-futuristic-wingsuits-dies-base-jumping-accident.html |
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