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Together with Maxime Faget_ Director of Engineering and Development<br />

at MSC_ Mr. Purser conceived the Little Joe system_ a solid propellant_<br />

single-stage launch vehicle used for testing the escape system of the<br />

Mercury spacecraft. He was also one of the pioneers in the use of freeflying<br />

rocket models as research instruments while an engineer with the<br />

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics_ Langley Laboratory.<br />

Mr. Purser received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical<br />

Engineering from Louisiana State [_iversi_y and worked briefly for the<br />

Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore_ Maryland_ before joining NACA.<br />

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