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Gentry lee biography
Gentry Lee
American scientist and science fiction author
Bert Gentry Lee | |
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| Born | () March 29, (age&#;82) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Genre | Science fiction |
Bert Gentry Lee (born March 29, ) is an American scientist, space engineer, and science fiction author.
He is[dubious &#; discuss] chief engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Space career
Lee was director of science analysis and mission planning during the Viking missions to Mars in the s.
He was also the chief engineer for the Galileo mission from to He worked on the Stardust and Deep Impact missions to comets in the late s and early s. He had engineering oversight responsibility for the Mars Exploration Rovers, which landed in January and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ().[1][2]
In , Gentry narrated and appeared in Discovery Channel's two-hour special "Are We Alone?", which examined the possibilit