# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jordin-kare
# Generated: 2026-09-03T12:25:59.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jordin-kare"
name: "Jordin Kare"
slug: "jordin-kare"
description: "Jordin T. Kare was an American physicist and aerospace engineer who researched laser propulsion. He was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely small reusable launch vehicle, and was involved in the Clementine lunar mapping mission.\nKare also conceived the SailBeam interstellar propulsion technique. In the science fiction fan community, he was a composer, performer and recording artist of filk music."
tagline: "American physicist, aerospace engineer (1956–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jordin_Kare_in_2005_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1956-10-24"
deathDate: "2017-07-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.15
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.673044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3079365"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "چوردين كارى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87"
    title: "جردین کاره"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordin_Kare"
    title: "Jordin Kare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87"
    title: "جردین کاره"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordin_Kare"
    title: "Jordin Kare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Кэр, Джордин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6c728812-1843-4f8a-8887-822a22d2befe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4251139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump