http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la...#axzz2zcdpoVS0
I have a slight issue with the reporting of Houbolt death. This and other stories make out that Houbolt came up with the idea of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR)...he didn't....the idea was Thomas Dolan...he developed the concept of Lunar orbit rendezvous for the Apollo program while working at Vought Astronautics. When Dolan presented the idea to NASA it was rejected until it came to the attention of Houbolt whom again pushed the idea with NASA. LOR was eventually accepted as the way to go to the moon.