Presenter Nathan Johnson, Space Court Foundation Nathan Johnson is an attorney licensed in Washington, DC, and publishes the blog and podcast AstroEsq. He graduated with his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School, and received an LL.M from the University of Nebraska College of Law in Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law. He worked… Continue reading Nathan Johnson | Space Court Foundation’s Research Into Foundations and Evolution of Space Law
Presenter Dr. Jonathan McDowell Dr. Jonathan McDowell is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. A staff member of the Chandra X-ray Center, he studies black holes, quasars and X-ray sources in galaxies, as well as developing data analysis software for the X-ray astronomy community. He has a B.A in Mathematics… Continue reading Dr. Jonathan McDowell | Through Space and Time – The Big View of Spaceflight History
Presenter Joseph Mascaro Joe Mascaro is a tropical ecologist and Director, Science Strategy & Programs at Planet, a public benefit corporation that operates the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. Joe works with scientists, universities and space agencies to utilize Planet’s unprecedented imaging resources to enhance primary research and education, improve forest monitoring and conservation, expand… Continue reading Joseph Mascaro | The Evolution of Space Technology: From Spin-offs to Exaptation
Presenter Mike Safyan Mike Safyan is responsible for Planet’s Launch strategy and has overseen the launch of nearly 500 Planet satellites across 30+ launch attempts working with a variety of different launch providers and launch vehicles. His role at Planet has evolved over time; he was previously in charge of Regulatory Licensing and Compliance, working… Continue reading Mike Safyan | SmallSat Launch Market Review and Challenges/Opportunities
Presenter Sonia Arrison, 100+ Capital Sonia is a longevity investor via her company 100+ Capital, a women’s investor group called Portfolia, and advises BioVerge here in Silicon Valley. She also spends time helping the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI). She is helping A4LI streamline the political processes for advancing longevity research and therapies. When Sonia… Continue reading Career Counseling with Sonia Arrison
Presenter Robert Zubrin Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer, author, and advocate for human exploration of Mars. He and his colleague at Martin Marietta, David Baker, were the driving force behind Mars Direct, a proposal in a 1990 research paper intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission.… Continue reading Robert Zubrin | The Mars Society
Presenter Eric Salwan, Firefly Aerospace NewSpace advocate and entrepreneur. Co-founder and Director of BD at Firefly Aerospace. 23 years of systems implementation experience, 21 years of which were in the enterprise consulting arena. Successful global implementation engagements at multiple Fortune 500 companies… Summary: Firefly is a space transportation company developing launch vehicles that can take… Continue reading Eric Salwan, Firefly Aerospace
