Jim Chamberlin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Pioneering Canadian engineer that was a lead designer on the AVRO Arrow, then worked for NASA and designed the Gemini spacecraft in the 1960s.
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Place of Birth: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
About Jim Chamberlin
- James Arthur Chamberlin (May 23, 1915 – March 8, 1981) was a Canadian engineer who contributed to the design of the Canadian Avro Arrow, NASA's Gemini spacecraft and the Apollo program.
- In addition to his pioneering air and space efforts, he is often cited as an example of Canadian brain drain to the U.S.
- In the early 1960s, he was one of the key people that proposed and moved that Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) was the best option for landing a crew on the Moon, the method eventually used on Apollo lunar landing missions.
- He left NASA in 1970 and worked for McDonnell Douglas, in their Houston offices, until his death in 1981.
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