Scott Hubbard
Scott Hubbard https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/18191129/scott-hubbard.png 480 270 Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/18191129/scott-hubbard.pngAsteroid Day Affiliation:
Scott has been engaged in space-related research, program, project and executive management for more than 45 years including 20 years with NASA, culminating as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center. He served as the sole NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board; was NASA’s first Mars program director and successfully restructured the entire Mars program in the wake of mission failures.
Most recently Dr. Hubbard served as an Adjunct Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University where he focused on planetary exploration, especially Mars, created the Stanford Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation where he served as Director and established New Space, the only peer-reviewed journal devoted to entrepreneurial space enterprises.
Scott is the founder of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute, conceived the Mars Pathfinder mission with its airbag landing, and was the manager for NASA’s highly successful Lunar Prospector Mission. Prior to joining NASA, he led a small start-up high technology company in the San Francisco Bay Area and was a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has received many honors including NASA’s highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal. Scott’s award winning book titled, Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery, describes his work on NASA’s Mars Program.
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Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery
