Voices at the Forefront of Space Settlement
The Space Settlement Summit’s workshops are led by hands-on strategists, systems architects, and subject-matter domain experts who turn visionary concepts into actionable roadmaps. Drawing from real-world execution across aerospace engineering, closed-loop life support, space law, off-world resource utilization, and venture financing, these facilitators bring the critical technical depth and interactive guidance needed to solve space settlement's most complex challenges.
This Year’s Summit Facilitators
Peter Garretson
Senior Fellow in Defense Studies, American Foreign Policy Council
Lt Col Peter Garretson, USAF, is a former member of the NSS Board of Directors. He came into contact with the space advocacy community while serving as the Chief of Future Technology Branch for the headquarters of the Air Force. In that context he reviewed the most promising and far-term concepts, and participated in forums … Read More
Michelle Hanlon
Executive Director, Air and Space Law at Ole Miss
Michelle L.D. Hanlon is a leading American space lawyer and advocate for responsible space exploration. Dubbed “Godmother of Space Law,” she serves as Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at Ole Miss. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law. Hanlon is co-founder, President, and CEO of For All Moonkind, … Read More
Dr. Chris Iannello
Professor of Practice, Space Electrical/Power, University of Central Florida
Dr. Chris Iannello brings unparalleled breadth in space electrical and power systems, with 35 years in electrical and power systems across NASA, industry, and academia. Prior to joining UCF, he served as NASA’s longest-tenured Technical Fellow for Electrical/Power, acting as the agency’s senior-most authority in the discipline with an Agency-wide focus across all its lines … Read More
Dr. Fredrick Jenet
Founder and Executive Director, Expanding Frontiers
Fredrick (Rick) Jenet, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of Expanding Frontiers, a nonprofit organization based in Brownsville, Texas, with a mission to foster the growth of a commercial space ecosystem. Dr. Jenet is an experienced entrepreneur, visionary researcher, and innovative educator, having founded several initiatives in Texas that are fostering the development of … Read More
Dr. Pascal Lee
Co-founder and Chairman, Mars Institute
Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He is also professor of planetary sciences at Kepler Space University, and chief scientist for Ceres Robotics, a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) industry provider. He also serves as the National … Read More
Bryce Meyer
NSS Space Ambassador, Space Farms, St Louis Space Frontier
Bryce holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, as well as a graduate degree in biology. He has also logged thousands of hours above and below the surface of lakes, rivers, and oceans, and has spent time working on farms. He writes on space agriculture, focusing on mass flow and balanced menus.
... Read MoreDoug Owens
Chief Operating Officer, Andromeda Space Corporation
Doug Owens is the Chief Operating Officer of Andromeda Space Corporation (ASC), a space mobility and logistics company working to become the FedEx of space. Doug is installing a lean operations battle rhythm to allow ASC to raise funds, find customers, and innovate. Doug is also the founder of Space Outcomes LLC, a go-to-market consultancy in the … Read More
Dale Skran
COO/SVP, National Space Society
Dale Skran worked for 17 years with Bell Labs (AT&T, Lucent Technologies) and continued his career at several companies including Ascend Communications (VP of Enterprise Engineering), Sonus Networks (Director of Engineering), and CMWare (Founder, CEO, COO, and VP of Engineering). He was also a negotiator/manager (Rapporteur) at the UN (International Telecommunication Union) where he led … Read More