Space Ambassador Speakers List

The following list identifies active NSS Space Ambassadors and the subject areas in which they give presentations. For detailed information about each speaker, and to see a list of the presentations they have given, click on the ambassador’s name.

Speaker	Subjects
Stevan Akerley	The Moon Our Solar System In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Robotics Space launch and orbital hardware technology
Mark Armstrong	The US Space Force Space Tourism
Dr. Jason “Hap” Arnold, Ed.D.	Space Elevators Interplanetary Logistics Network
Prathmesh Barapatre	Space Solar Power Commercial LEO Space Stations
Gary Barnhard	Space Station Engineering and Integration Contract (SSEIC) Automation and Robotics for the Space Station Program Robotic Systems Integration Standards (RSIS) Space Solar Power and ancillary services Beaming (SSPB)
Larry Bartoszek	Space Elevators Sloan Digital Sky Survey General Science
Fred Becker	Space Settlement Space Engineering and Design National Space Society
Frances Dellutri	SpacEdge Academy – Educating Teachers and Students Year Round spUN Debates
Burton Dicht	Burt is the MC for NSS Space Forms, and Town Hall Meetings Conducting NSS VIP Tours and NSS Special Events at Kennedy Space Center From Goddard to Apollo: A History of the US Space Program The Emergence of NewSpace: The Impact on the Space Industry and the Next Generation of Engineers
Al Globus	Space Settlement
Loretta Hall	History of Human Spaceflight Women in Space
Eric Harkleroad	Mars In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)
Christean Kapp	Space Settlement Resources
Dr. OmPrakash G. Kulkarni	ISRO Projects Energy Conservation Career Opportunities in Aerospace Entrepreneurship Development Innovation and IPR Renewable Energy Instrumentation in Irrigation and Farming Carbon Footprint
Bruce Mackenzie	Mars Settlement Mars Architectural Design Orbital Settlement
Bryce Meyer	Space Farming
Lalitha Murali	Space Education, K-12 STEM Education
Paul W. Phister, Jr.	Space Elevators (Apex Anchor) Space Operations Space Command and Control (C2) Space Communications Space Transportation (a.k.a. Galactic Space Train) Potential Missions at the Apex Anchor (e.g., Planetary Defense) ISEC Academic Challenges (Sep to May each year) ISEC Intern Program (May to June each year)
Jim Plaxco	Commercial LEO Space Stations NASA Commercial LEO Destinations Program Commercial Space CisLunar Development Mars Exploration and Settlement NewSpace Space Art Space Economics Space Policy Space Settlement
Gabriel Rothblatt	Space Settlement Business Cases
Ken Ruffin	Future of NASA and Commercial Spaceflight Space Travel Space Development Space Settlement
Avinash Shirode	Career and educational opportunity in space technology Renewable energy Discovery of universe through spirituality
Kevin Simmons	Aerospace Education CubeSats, High Altitude Balloons
Jerry Stone	Space Studies Space Habitats
Adam Williams	Transformation of lunar regolith into agriculturally fertile soils
Adam Williams	Transformation of lunar regolith into agriculturally fertile soils