VISIONARIES

Meet our International MoonBase Alliance partners.

 

Henk Rogers
IMA Founder, Chairman, & Entrepreneur

Henk B. Rogers is an entrepreneur, chairman of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES), owner of the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), on the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, and founder of the Intl. MoonBase Alliance.

Colonel Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 Astronaut & Global Statesman for Space

Buzz Aldrin is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and M.I.T. who flew jets for the Air Force during the Korean War, is the second human to step foot on the Moon, is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a tireless advocate for human space exploration.

 

Rolf Erdmann
Ret. NASA EVA Systems Engineer

Rolf Erdmann worked in the Mission Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, spent 11 years working for the United Space Alliance as a NASA-certified EVA Systems Engineer and EVA Liaison to Russia, 2000-2011.

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Rob Kelso
Founder & CEO of Kelso Aerospace

Rob Kelso is a 37-year veteran of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, formerly a NASA Shuttle Flight Director at Mission Control, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Space Society.

Roger Dean
Designer & Architect of the Future

Roger Dean is an English artist and designer, internationally renowned for his concept art for the rock bands Yes and Asia; publishing companies Dragons Dream and Paper Tiger; and Blue Planet Software and Tetris.

 
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Madhu Thangavelu
Astronautical Engineering Lecturer at USC

Thangavelu conducts the ASTE 527 Space Exploration Architectures Concept Synthesis Studio in the Department of Astronautical Engineering at USC, and teaches the ARCH 599 Extreme Environment Habitation Design Seminar in the School of Architecture.