Jason J. Dunn, M.S.
Jason
J. Dunn,
M.S. is President and Cofounder at
Made in Space, Inc. and
Project Engineer at Moon Express.
Jason’s life goal is to help settle the space frontier. Humanity cannot
remain
a one planet species forever and he strongly believes that by learning
how to colonize space we will simultaneously solve many more of
humanity’s “Grand Challenges” here on Earth. By training he is a Rocket
Scientist with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in aerospace
engineering.
During the summer of 2008 he cofounded the Omega Envoy Project, the
only
student formed and led team competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE, The
purpose is to give students the unique opportunity to design, build, and
fly real space missions. This project was the beginning of his interest
in participatory exploration, primarily to find new ways to engage and
excite the public about space exploration. He is now very interested
in
DIY Space Exploration. Soon enough we can all explore space on our own
and Jason can hardly wait!
He spent the summer of 2010 as a graduate summer program student at
Singularity University at NASA Ames. He studied the accelerating
technological advancements in the fields of nanotechnology,
biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and information which
has given him a skill set of understanding the likely advancements of
technologies in the next couple decades. Specifically he focussed on how
these technologies will impact the space industry and while at the
program cofounded Made in Space, Inc. a company aimed at in situ
manufacturing in space utilizing 3D printing technologies.
These days you can find him in Mountain View, California at NASA Ames
Research
Center working with Moon Express, a lunar data and delivery services
company.
Jason earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the
University of Central Florida in 2007. He earned his M.S. in Aerospace
Engineering at the University of Central Florida in 2009
with the thesis
On The Nature Of The Flow In A Separated Annular Diffuser.
He graduated Singularity University in 2010.
Watch
One Small Step For A Smart Phone and
How I Spent My Summer Vacation.
Read his
LinkedIn profile,
his
Quora profile,
his
Singularity University profile, and his
TED profile.
Watch his
YouTube channel.
Read his blog.