Christopher "Chris" Gainor is a historian of technology specializing in space exploration and aeronautics.
He has written six books on the history of space exploration and on the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, a jet interceptor aircraft canceled by the Canadian government in 1959.
[5] Earlier in his career, Gainor worked as a reporter for the Vancouver Sun, where he won a National Newspaper Award [6] for a series on Canadian cancer activist Terry Fox.
His first book, Arrows to the Moon, tells the story of the 32 British and Canadian aerospace engineers who went to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1959 after losing their jobs when the Canadian government cancelled the Avro Arrow.
Many of these engineers went on to hold top positions in NASA, including Jim Chamberlin, John Hodge, Owen Maynard, and Tecwyn Roberts.