The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration is a United States space advocacy organization for space industry businesses and non-profit groups supporting continued government investment in

space exploration Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration though is conducted both by robotic spacec ...

Presidents and CEOs

* Mary Lynne Dittmar, founder, 2015 - 2021 * Frank Slazer, 2021 - present

Founding Members

Members:
Aerojet RocketdyneOrbital ATKBoeingLockheed Martin

Northrop Grumman
Silver Members
Futuramic Tool and Engineering
Jacobs Engineerin
Moog Inc.
Members *Abacus Technology Corporation *Ampac *ASRC Federal
Baker Industries, a Lincoln Electric Company
*Barrios Technologies *Craig Technical Consulting, Inc. *Craig Technologies Aerospace Solutions, LLC *DCX-CHOL Enterprises *Dese Research Inc. *Dynetics, Inc. *EMF, Inc. *Futuramic Tool and Engineering Company *Geocent, LLC *Honeywell *Houston Precision Fasteners, Lp. *ICF Mercantile, Inc. *ION Corporation *ISYS Technologies *L-3 Cincinnati Electronics *L-3 Communications *MEI Technologies *MRI Technologies *nLogic, LLC *Onyx Aerospace *Paragon *RDI Engineering, LLC *Standex Engineering Technologies Group *SGT, Inc. *Spincraft *UTC Aerospace Systems *Vacco *Votaw Precisions Technology, Inc. *Weetech, Inc. *WireMasters

Partner Associations

Partners: *

Challenger Center for Space Science Education Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was founded in 1986 by the families of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster on ...

*Citizens for Space Exploration * National Space Society

Board of Advisors

The circa 2015 Board of Advisors *Penelope J. Boston, Ph.D. – speleologist *

Bob Crippen Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937) is an American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut. He traveled into space four times: as Pilot of STS-1 in April 1981, the first Space Shuttl ...

– former Shuttle astronaut * Frederick D. Gregory - former Shuttle astronaut * Gerry Griffin – former NASA flight director and former NASA Deputy Administrator *

Wayne Hale N. Wayne Hale Jr. (born July 5, 1954) is a former NASA engineer. Previously a flight director and Space Shuttle program manager, Hale served as NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Strategic Partnerships prior to his retirement on July 31, ...

- former Space Shuttle Program Manager and former Space Shuttle Flight Director *

Bernard Harris Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk), during the second of his two Space Shuttle flights. E ...

– former Shuttle astronaut and first African American to walk in space * Steven Hawley - former Shuttle astronaut *Henry R. Hertzfeld - former senior economist and policy analyst at NASA * Thomas David Jones - former Shuttle astronaut * Nick Lampson - former Congressman from Texas' 22nd Congressional District * Paul Spudis - geologist and lunar scientist *Doug Cooke - former NASA Associate Administrator
Dan Dumbacher
/nowiki>] - former NASA Deputy Associate Administrator

Honorary Board Members

Honorees: * Jake Garn – first member of Congress to fly in space (former U.S. Senator from Utah) * Joseph Kerwin – former Skylab astronaut * Gene Kranz – former Apollo flight director * Jim Lovell - former NASA Astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission

References

External links

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