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The original was posted on /r/space by /u/HydrolicKrane on 2024-06-08 15:51:52+00:00.

Original Title: Ukrainian boy was catching sweets from American planes during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. Inspired by those huge planes, he became an airspace engineer, worked for NASA on Apollo program. As Chief Scientist of US Airforce, he was credited with initiation of GPS: Michael Yarymovych