The Shirtsleeve Invention

About the Book

This is the story of Bob Beasley who was the “Father” of LI-1500, the material that kept the Space Shuttle astronauts in comfortable shirtsleeve weather inside their craft when the temperature was 2400F outside. He was also a shirtsleeve inventor, liking to get his hands dirty working on his ideas. The events in his personal life finally led him to Lockheed where the idea of a practical solution for the safe return of men from space finally came to fruition. He was not a genius, but was a listener to creative ideas and then followed them. He was proud of his inventions but not of himself as the inventor.

About the Author

My name is Gloria Beasley Lausten. I knew I would someday write a book about my husband. Robert Martin Beasley. The Shirtsleeve Invention was finally written after he passed on in 1997. It has taken over 10 years to complete it. I have a Liberal Arts degree from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. majoring in Art, I was an ECE teacher and earlier, an Ad Rep for a newspaper. Over the years I accumulated 91 units at De Anza Community College and am still writing.