'He was an adventurer': Anthony 'Tony' Spear, chance-taking former JPL manager, dies at 87 – San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Fueled by 'personality, intellect and will,' Tony Spear made missions happen. His teams at JPL mapped the surface of Venus, managed imaging radar instruments aboard Space Shuttles and landed on Mars.

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