James C. Bennett was co-founder of two pioneering commercial space launch companies, Arc/Starstruck and American Rocket Company, and serves as a consultant to clients in the space, communications, and other technology enterprises. He is currently Principal Investigator for space matters on the FAA Master Plan update for Las Cruces (NM) Airport as a consultant to Immortal Data, Inc. He is writing and speaking on technological developments and public policy and is author of The Anglosphere Challenge (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and America 3.0 (with Michael Lotus; ENcounter Books, 2013) and additionally a contributor to two books including 2020 Forecast and the best-selling The Re-Emerging Japanese Superstate in the Twenty-First Century . He is on the Board of Advisors for the National Space Society, a public interest group promoting the development of space. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foresight Institute.