Bruce Pittman
The Moon is the first and
Moving humanity into the solar system and enabling a thriving space economy.
Bruce Pittman is currently working as the Chief System Engineer in the NASA Space Portal Office at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. In this position he supports the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters on programs ranging from orbital applications of the International Space Station and other orbiting commercial facilities to low cost, reliable access to space, reusable space infrastructure as well as cis-lunar commercialization. The Space Portal’s latest initiative is a plan for returning to the Moon using public/private partnerships. Bruce also leads the Space Portal support of the Frontier Development Lab summer study program with the SETI Institute.
The NASA Space Portal Office has been leading the discussion to return to the Moon making use of public/private partnerships. The first effort was the International Lunar Research Park in collaboration with the state of Hawaii in 2010.
Opportunities and options.
Space commercialization
Public/private partnership
Space system engineering