George Harry Stine was raised in Colorado Springs. He earned a degree in physics from Colorado College in Colorado Springs. After graduating, he worked at White Sands Proving Grounds, first as a civilian scientist and then, from 1955–1957, at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility as head of the Range Operations Division.
Together with Orville Carlisle, he founded Model Missiles Inc., the first manufacturer of model rockets. Stine also founded the National Association of Rocketry and served as its president until the late 1960s. He wrote several books about rockets, as well as science fiction under the pseudonym Lee Correy.
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Rockets (Aeronautics), Science fiction, Space flight, Fiction, science fiction, general, History, Models, Popular works, Space colonies, Fiction, Fiction, general, Life support systems (Space environment), Machinery, Rockets (aeronautics), models, Space industrialization, Space stations, Aerospace planes, Amateurs' manuals, American Science fiction, Artificial satellites, Astronautics, Ballistic missiles, Computer industry, Computers, Corporations, Design and constructionTime
20th centuryID Numbers
- OLID: OL388053A
- ISNI: 0000000114935366
- VIAF: 72634444
- Wikidata: Q5512265
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q5512265
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Alternative names
- Lee Correy
- Lee G. Correy
- Lee: Correy
- CORREY 1982
- George Harry Stine
| May 24, 2023 | Edited by tmanarl | merge authors |
| September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| March 31, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | add VIAF and wikidata ID |
| July 5, 2014 | Edited by Sarah Breau | Added bio, added to birth date, added to death date, added Wikipedia page |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |