David Baker

David Baker (born 3 June 1944) is a prolific British space author and self-described space scientist who worked for NASA on the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs from 1965 to 1984 in Mission Planning and Analysis. He returned to the UK in 1984, establishing an independent consultancy to assist countries like India with commercial space technologies. He has authored over 100 books, thousands of articles, and contributed to numerous radio and TV documentaries on space missions.[1]

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