Chris Lewicki

Chris Lewicki is an entrepreneur, engineer and "near-futurist" focused on the economic development of space. Chris co-founded and later as CEO led Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company, launching satellites, creating space policy, and impacting the public discourse on space mining. He helped design, build and operate the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, as well as the Phoenix Mars Lander while at NASA, serving as Flight Director for the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and as the Surface Mission Manager for Phoenix. He has served on NASA review boards for the Insight Mars Lander, the Curiosity rover, and the Psyche mission to a metal asteroid. Chris is the recipient of two NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals, and has asteroid 13609 Lewicki named in his honor.

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