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Dr. Bob Richards is a space entrepreneur whose resume spans to the moon and back--literally. Richards participated in the 2007 NASA Mars Lander mission and 2004 XSS-11 mission of the US Air Force. Now he wants to tackle the commercial side of lunar exploration with MoonExpress, which plans to launch a series of lunar missions focused on science, exploration and commerce in 2015. Richards's goal for the mission is twofold: to mine precious lunar minerals and to convert ice on the moon into hydrogen peroxide in order to fuel the mission’s return home. Richards, who is working alongside NASA on the project, sees water as the oil to power space exploration He is also a co-Founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space Generation Foundation and Odyssey Moon Ltd. Richards, who was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in 2014, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law and co-chairs the Exploration Committee of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.

Liberal arts-trained technical leader with a passion for fast code and connecting computers with the physical world.Interested in developing the future of long-term autonomous robotics and robotic perception. Believes that software engineering and research can go hand-in-hand to produce extraordinary advancements.Robot soccer enthusiast.

Specialties: Sales, program management, negotiation, business case analysis, strategy and financial modeling

Michael T. Suffredini is President, CEO and co-founder of Axiom Space, Inc. The Axiom Space vision is to make living and working in Earth orbit commonplace as a means to a robust economy in low Earth orbit. To realize this vision, Axiom is building the world’s first internationally available commercial space station to continue what the International Space Station (ISS) community of Nations has begun. Mr. Suffredini has 30+ years of experience in human spaceflight, and served as NASA’s ISS Program manager for a decade prior to his retirement in late 2015. As ISS Program manager, Mike was responsible for the development, assembly, operation and utilization of the 460-metric ton, permanently manned international orbiting laboratory complex. The 15-nation program is the largest international peacetime project in human history. During his tenure, Mr. Suffredini successfully lead the transition of the ISS program from a development and assembly focus to a research and commercial utilization focus, opening avenues for a new commercial marketplace in space. Mr. Suffredini is the recipient of numerous awards including the NASA Distinguished Service medal, the NASA Outstanding Leadership medal, the National Air and Space Museum Trophy and the Yuri Gagarin Medal. In addition, Michael has had both the Rank of Meritorious Executive and Rank of Distinguished Executive conferred on him by the President of the United States.