Presenter Peter Worden, Breakthrough Initiatives Simon Peter Worden (born 1949, in Michigan) was Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field, California, until his retirement on March 31, 2015. Prior to joining NASA, he held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of… Continue reading Peter Worden | Life in the Universe & Private Sector Space Science Initiatives @ Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Patrick Finley, Collegiate Propulsive Lander Challenge I love working on big challenging problems in intense & fast-moving environments, and I really enjoy creating truly beautiful things that are the best that they can be. I want to make the future a fantastic place to be. Lately I’ve been working on a prize challenge pushing… Continue reading Patrick Finley | A Pipeline for the Future of Propulsive Landing @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Mike Grace, LongShot Specialties: Molecular biology, directed evolution, bio instrumentation prototyping, government purchasing, economics, grant writing, explosives and ordnance. Summary: Founder of the Longshot space launch project, Mike Grace, gives an overview of his alternative kinetic launch technology. The system uses compressed air to accelerate projectiles to hypersonic speeds for launching payloads into space.… Continue reading Michael Grace | Why Rockets for Space Launch? @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Mike McCullogh, Plymouth University BSc in physics (York. 1991). PhD in ocean physics (Liverpool, 1995). Ocean & wave model scientist (Met Office, 1998-2008). Suggested new physics (2007). Lecturer (University of Plymouth, 2008-2023). Funded to develop new physics into a thruster by DARPA (2017-2023). Showed thrust. Now unemployed for the first time in 35 years.… Continue reading Mike McCulloch | How Quantised Inertia Can Revolutionise Space Travel @ Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Martin Elvis, Harvard Smithsonian I am an astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory who has obsessed for years over how supermassive black holes come to be seen as quasars, sources so bright that we see them out to the greatest distances and earliest times in the universe. For my PhD I discovered that quasars… Continue reading Martin Elvis | Concentrated Resources on the Moon & Asteroids @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Larry Lemke, NASA Larry Lemke is an aerospace engineer at NASA Ames Research Center, where he helps conceive, design, test aerospace vehicles in support of advanced space missions. Summary: Join Larry Lemke at the Foresight Space Workshop ’23 as he presents an updated talk on the revolutionary potential of ultra heavy spacecraft, specifically focusing… Continue reading Larry Lemke | Big Frickin’ Rockets are a Big Frickin’ Deal @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Ilaria Cinelli, Aikos Space Ilaria Cinelli, PhD, FAsMA, FAsHFA, is a distinguished senior engineer with a remarkable background in biomedical engineering and space exploration. Her expertise spans various domains, including human factors, mission design, analogue missions, and space medicine. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of Pisa,… Continue reading Ilaria Cinelli | Space Medicine Innovation @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Steve Butow, Defense Innovation Unit Steve “Bucky” Butow is the Director of the Space Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). He joined the team in 2015 as an early plank owner when DIU was known as the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) and helped establish the organization’s operating locations in Silicon Valley, California;… Continue reading Steve Butow | Space Domain Awareness @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter David Furman, Furman Lab Dr. David Furman is Director of the Stanford 1,000 Immunomes Project at Stanford School of Medicine, Associate Professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Chief of the AI Platform at the same institute. He obtained his Doctoral degree in immunology (summa cum laude) from the School of… Continue reading David Furman | Space Longevity @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
Presenter Creon Levit, Planet Labs Creon is chief technologist and director of R&D at Planet Labs, and a Foresight Institute senior fellow. He previously worked at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, where he was one of the founders of the NAS (NASA Advanced Supercomputing) division, co-PI on the Virtual Wind Tunnel project, co-founder… Continue reading Creon Levit | Sustainable Farming @ Foresight Space Workshop ’23
