Lutz Tilo Ferdinand Kayser (March 31, 1939 in Stuttgart, Germany, † November 19, 2017(2017-11-19) (aged 78) [1] was a German aerospace engineer, who founded the world's first commercial space launch company,[2] OTRAG.

Lutz Kayser, is the uncle of German serial entrepreneur Lin Kayser, who sits on the advisory board of the Munich space launcher company Isar Aerospace.[3] His father, the chemist Ludwig Kayser, was the director of the German sugar-producing corporation Suedzucker AG.[4] His brother Manfred Kayser, was managing director of the Dornier factory in Lindau, Germany.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kayser, Lin (2017-11-19). "R.I.P. Lutz Kayser – German rocket pioneer". Josefine Lissner and Lin Kayser. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ↑ "SpaceX Was Not The First Private Rocket Company". Jalopnik. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Der erste Elon Musk: Die unglaubliche Geschichte der deutschen Raketenfirma OTRAG". 1E9 (in German). 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Ludwig Kayser – RegioWiki Niederbayern". www.niederbayern-wiki.de. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ↑ ""Dann wäre Deutschland führend in der Welt"". Der Spiegel (in German). 1978-08-13. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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