Dr Wiley J Larson

Dr. Larson is an experienced leader in space-related development, operations, education and training. Served 20 years in the Air Force as a GPS spacecraft engineer, spacecraft launch controller, flight test engineer, spacecraft program manager and associate professor of Astronautics. Currently contributing to international space efforts by creating an integrated set of 30 published books on space system engineering and project management, detailing “how to” design, develop, launch, and operate space systems. Current Position: President and CEO of CEI, 14 Thayer Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Recent Experience Author, Editor and Program Director of Joint NASA and DOD Space Technology Series. United States Air Force Academy, CO (1988-present), Department of Astronautics. Lead efforts of 362 international authors and editors to develop a series of books and tools for space mission analysis and design—payloads, spacecraft, launch systems, operations and infrastructure. Responsible for developing funds, overall management, writing, editing and production of the series of 20 published books and multiple software tools for space systems, engineering, operations, management and technology. In this role, served as project lead for NASA’s Chief Engineer to develop the objectives, requirements and constraints, concept of training, and development approach for NASA’s Program and Project Managers and Systems Engineers. Products that this team created are the basis of NASA-wide project manager development. As a result of this NASA Headquarters effort, Dr. Larson led the PM and SE development activities at NASA Ames Research Center and NASA Johnson Space Center. Professor and Program Director. Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Space System Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology; Professor and Director of Professional Development, International Space University, Strasbourg, France. (June 1994-1996) and ISU Summer Session (2010). Professor and Program Director, TU Graz's SpaceTech Masters of Space System Engineering, Graz, Austria. Space Technology Series Publications Space Domain Awareness, Magee, Jah and Larson (co-authors, editors), CEI, 2020. Space Mission Analysis and Design, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions, Larson and Wertz (co-authors and editors), Kluwer, 1990,1992 and 1999, respectively. (IAF Engineering Book Award Winner, 2002) Understanding Space: Astronautics for Anyone, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions, Sellers, Kirkpatrick and Larson (editors), McGraw Hill, 1994, 2000, 2005. Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, Humble, Henry and Larson (co-authors and editors), McGraw Hill, 1995. Cost-Effective Space Mission Operations, 1st and 2nd Editions, Squibb, Boden and Larson (co- authors and editors), McGraw Hill, 1996, 2006, respectively. Reducing Space Mission Cost, Wertz and Larson (co-authors and editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design, Larson and Pranke (co-authors and editors), McGraw Hill, Feb 1999. Space Launch and Transportation Systems, Larson, Kirkpatrick, Ryan and Weyers (co-authors and editors), Military Distribution C, 2005. Applied Space System Engineering, Larson, Kirkpatrick, Sellers, Thomas and Verma, McGraw Hill Publishers, December 2009. Applied Project Management for Space Systems, Larson, Chesley, Menrad and McQuade, McGraw Hill Publishers, December 2008. Aerospace Science: The Exploration of Space, 1st and 2nd Editions, Sellers, Astore, Giffen and Larson, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2003 and 2005, respectively. Other books in the Space Technology Series Shooting the Moon, Andrews, McGraw Hill Publishers, to be published, 2013. Space Weather and the Physics Behind It, Knipp, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2011. Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch, Sarafin, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995. Space Power for a New Millennium, Hays, Smith, Von Tassel, Walsh, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2000. Fundamentals of Astronautics and Applications, 1st and 2nd Editions, Vallado, McGraw Hill and Microcosm, Inc., 1998, 2004, respectively.