Research field · LANL, LLNL, Navy China Lake, Army DEVCOM, Aerojet, JPL's origins
Energetic materials (explosives and propellants)
The chemistry of explosives and rocket propellants. Igor's list calls 'David Chavez' an explosives chemist; the reported missing man is Anthony Chavez, a retired construction foreman, and the real LANL chemist David E. Chavez is alive. The field has its own dead: Jack Parsons in 1952 and two Rocketdyne physicists in 1994.
On the record
- The reported LANL missing person is Anthony Chavez; David E. Chavez is a different, living chemist.
- Parsons died on 17 Jun 1952; the coroner ruled it accidental.
- Heiney and Pugh killed at Santa Susana on 26 Jul 1994; Rocketdyne paid a $6.5M fine on environmental counts.
Claims (3)
An explosives chemist named David Chavez went missing from LANL.anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
Parsons was murdered.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Rocketdyne hid the full story of the 1994 blast.analysisSourced, unconfirmed