Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, as an adult, served as an engineer for the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA) whose "work contributed to the Apollo space missions of the 1960s and who patented a technology that helped space shuttle panels withstand extreme heat."<ref name="Yang2021"/> He worked for NASA for approximately forty years before retirement.<ref name="Yang2021"/> | Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, as an adult, served as an engineer for the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA) whose "work contributed to the Apollo space missions of the 1960s and who patented a technology that helped space shuttle panels withstand extreme heat."<ref name="Yang2021"/> He worked for NASA for approximately forty years before retirement.<ref name="Yang2021"/> |