Falling Tree Kills Scientist
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WASHINGTON — The director of a space exploration program at NASA was killed when a tree fell on his car during a violent thunderstorm.
Jurgen H. Rahe, 57, science director for NASA’s solar-system exploration program, was killed Wednesday night as he drove near his home in Potomac, Md., a Washington suburb.
Rahe was in charge of the overall management of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s program of sending robot craft to explore other planets.
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