Jim Cantrell

Jim Cantrell
Born
Yucaipa, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUtah State University
Occupation(s)Engineer and Entrepreneur
Websitejimcantrell.com

Jim Cantrell is an American entrepreneur, mechanical engineer and road racer. He is the CEO and co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation, which aims to build space transportation technology.[1] After working at the French Space Agency CNES (Centre Nationale d’Études Spatiales) and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, he worked as an independent consultant to aerospace companies for fifteen years and was on the founding teams of SpaceX and Moon Express.[2][3] Cantrell was a consultant for SpaceX and Elon Musk's industry mentor when SpaceX launched in 2002.[4]

A mechanical engineer by profession, Cantrell regularly participates in road racing.[5]

  1. ^ "Phantom Space CEO Jim Cantrell wants to change the way we think about industrializing space". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
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  3. ^ "While SpaceX eyes its "BFR," an early employee now pursues an "SFR"". 26 April 2016.
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  5. ^ "James Cantrell talks to TheTOC". 25 July 2014.