The actual career of my dad at TRW. TRW made the Vela satellites that had X ray detectors. That was one of my dad's specialties. He had invented a supper sharp copy machine [called the copy-mate machine which he had a patent on and had a factory making it in Newport Beach CA.] based on x rays. Before that he invented the infrared telescope.
So from 1965 and on he worked at TRW making the satellites that used x-rays. Then they used his expertise in infrared detection to make the the Infrared satellites of the Defense Support Program (DSP).
Later after the launch of those satellites he worked on laser communication between satellites. That was the only time that I actually came with him to TRW to see the actual lab where he was making the laser apparatus to be used for satellite communications and links.
Then at that point the event of the KGB infiltration into TRW happened [that the movie The Falcon and the Snowman was based on.] So that was the end of government contracts for TRW (until the 1990's),-- and my dad quit his job there.
