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Draper, Charles Stark (1901-1987)



American engineer and physicist regarded as the father of inertial navigation. An Institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Draper developed the guidance systems used by aircraft, submarines, and guided missiles, that made the Apollo missions possible, and that help steer the Space Shuttle.


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