Paul C. Donnelly

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Paul Charles Donnelly (March 28, 1923 - March 12, 2014) was an American guided missile pioneer and a senior NASA manager. He was the manager during the Apollo moon landing program at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).[1] Donnelly helped develop the U.S. Navy's Bat, the first "smart bomb" in the history of warfare. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Donnelly died on March 12, 2014 in Melbourne, Florida, aged 90.

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  1. "Operational changes made in Apollo". The Free Lance-Star. 85 (219). Cape Kennedy, Florida: Associated Press: 13. September 17, 1969. Retrieved November 25, 2009.