Person

Jesco von Puttkamer

Acting · 1933–2012 · Leipzig, Germany

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.

• Alpha Forum

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• Nachtstudio

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  Heut' abend

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• Talk im Hangar-7

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  Star Trek: The Motion Picture

  Scientific Consultant

• Nase vorn

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• Together to Mars?

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  Machine Dreams

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• 2010Talk im Hangar-7himself
• 2000Menschen der WocheSelf
• 1998Alpha ForumSelf
• 1997NachtstudioSelf
• 1988Nase vornSelf
• 1988Machine DreamsSelf
• 1987Together to Mars?Self - NASA /Self - H.Q. Planning
• 1980Heut' abendSelf
• 1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureScientific Consultant