Link about Space Launch; How much contribution has been made to the space Program by Autism?

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-02/nasas-orion-test-flight-gets-us-closer-to-mars
Visual and spatial strengths!!  Plus, repeated patterns...ability to see patterns..
*********Often been found that engineers run in families.....autism too.
How much do we owe to autism with regard to the Space Program?
******Remember Temple Grandin's Grandfather invented the auto pilot for planes!!