New 18 Mar – NZ Space Scientist Passes On

March 18th 2010 at 8:58am, By Dave Guerin

Sir Ian Axford Dies Sir Ian Axford has died. He was a former Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, chaired FRST and the Marsden Fund, but above all that he was a world-quality space scientist. He headed the German Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research for 16 years. Through the wonders of Google, we can also check out his batting average for Cambridge University - he was a better space scientist. His death has been marked by the Royal Society, Victoria University and the Board of the Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy.
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