Given the question: Facts: - residence: massachusetts - death date: 25 july 1987 - field: control theory - work institution: massachusetts institute of technology - awards: magellanic -lrb- 1966 -rrb- rufus oldenburger medal -lrb- 1971 -rrb- richard premium e. bellman control heritage award -lrb- 1981 -rrb- national medal of science daniel guggenheim medal - birth date: 2 october 1901 - name: charles stark draper - nationality: american - death place: cambridge , massachusetts - birth place: windsor , missouri , us - alma mater: massachusetts institute of technology stanford university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles stark draper .
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charles stark '' doc '' draper -lrb- october 2 , 1901 -- july 25 , 1987 -rrb- was an american scientist and engineer , known as the '' father of inertial navigation '' .he was the founder and director of the massachusetts institute of technology 's instrumentation laboratory , later renamed the charles stark draper laboratory , which made the apollo moon landings possible through the apollo guidance computer it designed for nasa .