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Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards, Founder & CEO - Odyssey Moon Limited. |
SPEAKER BIO Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur
and futurist. He is a founder of the International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space Generation
Foundation and Google Lunar X PRIZE contender Odyssey Moon Limited, where he currently serves as CEO. As Director
of the Optech Space Division from 2002-2009, Bob led the company's technology into orbit in 2004 and to the surface of Mars
in 2007 aboard the NASA Phoenix Lander, making the first discovery of falling Martian snow. Bob studied aerospace and industrial
engineering at Ryerson University; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and space science at Cornell University
where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan. Bob
is an evangelist of the "NewSpace" movement and has been a catalyst for a number of commercial space ventures. He
is the recipient of the K.E. Tsiolkovski Medal (Russia, 1995), the Space Frontier “Vision to Reality” Award (USA
, 1994), the Arthur C. Clarke Commendation (Sri Lanka, 1990) and Aviation & Space Technology Laurel (USA, 1988). He is
a contributing author of "Blueprint for Space" (Smithsonian Institution 1992); "Return to the Moon"
(Apogee Books 2005) and "The Farthest Shore" (ISU Press 2009). In 2005 Bob received a Doctorate of Space
Achievement (honoris causa) from the International Space University for “distinguished accomplishments in support of
humanity’s exploration and use of space.” QUOTES: [Space] "The health of our home planet and
the survival of our species will only be secured through the use of space resources and the expansion of Earth's economic
sphere to the Moon and beyond. Creating an off-Earth economy and multi-planet civilization will safeguard the long term prospects
of humanity." - Dr.
Robert D. Richards, CEO, Odyssey Moon Ltd. and Founder, International Space University [Singularity University] “Human society is nearing the precipice of a technological
rollercoaster that we aren’t ready to ride. The Singularity University will help educate and prepare humanity’s
future leaders for a world of accelerating technological change and the profound challenges it will bring to our social, legal
and moral precepts.” - Dr. Robert D. Richards, CEO, Odyssey Moon Ltd. and Founding Trustee, Singularity University |
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