Cathy W. Swan Cathy W. Swan is the President of SouthWest Analytic Network Inc, she is the author of over three dozen books and articles on space policy; and, over two dozen books and articles on arms control treaty implementation.…

David Brin David Brin is a scientist, inventor, and New York Times bestselling author. With books translated into 25 languages, he has won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. A film directed by Kevin Costner was based on David’s novel…

Dirk Schulze-Makuch Dirk Schulze-Makuch is Professor at Washington State University. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996. Afterwards he worked as a Senior Project Hydrogeologist at Envirogen, Inc. and took in 1998 a faculty position at…

Edward Guinan Edward Guinan, Ph.D., is a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Villanova University.  He and two colleagues discovered Neptune’s ring system in 1968. His research interests include binary star systems, pulsating stars, black holes, evolution of the Sun…

Joe Miller Joe Miller received his Ph.D. in 1979 from the University of Texas, did a postdoc in dopamine electrophysiology at UT Southwestern until 1982, followed by a second postdoc in circadian neurobiology at UC Riverside and UC Davis until…

Jose Cordeiro Jose Cordeiro is chair of the Venezuelan Node of the Millennium Project, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE – JETRO) in Tokyo, Japan, and Energy Advisor and Faculty at Singularity University (SU) in NASA…

Peter A. Swan Peter A. Swan is the Vice-President of International Space Elevator Consortium, and a Professor Emeritus at Teaching Science and Technology, Inc., and Industry Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and Technical University of Delft. He is also…

Richard K. Obousy Richard K. Obousy (Ph.D (Physics) Baylor University 2008), is currently President and Primary Propulsion Senior Scientist for Icarus Interstellar, a non-profit research foundation dedicated to researching technologies that will enable breakthroughs in interstellar travel. Icarus Interstellar was…

Robert L. Frantz Robert L. Frantz has completed multiple careers. He served in the United States Marine Corps for 20 years where he served as a fighter pilot. Following this career, he flew as a commercial pilot for United Airlines…

Weilian Su Weilian Su is an Associate Professor at Naval Postgraduate School. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 with Summa Cum Laude and M.S.E.C.E and Ph.D degrees in…