Tom Mueller 11月30日在推特上宣布退休。

他也是掩映在Elon Musk光环下，很少被媒体报道的真正英雄式人物。他牵头设计的MERLIN发动机，是火箭公司的关键技术。

维基介绍：

He was a founding employee of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

He is best known for his engineering work on the TR-106 and SpaceX rocket engines. He is considered one of the world's leading spacecraft propulsion experts and holds several United States patents for propulsion technology.

He attended the University of Idaho where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.

这是Tom Mueller，自2002年SpaceX创业以来的简历，不愧为公司元老：

他在公司德州test site的介绍：

附：

1. SpaceX Superstars: Tom Mueller, former Propulsion CTO (强烈推荐)

https://www.elonx.net/spacex-superstars-tom-mueller-former-propulsion-cto/#comments

2. SpaceX Engine Design Guru Retires After Setting Company Up For Mars Missions

https://wccftech.com/spacex-engine-design-guru-retires-company-set-mars/