NASA Astronaut, SpaceX Director of Space Ops, Professor
Garrett Reisman Biography
A NASA veteran who flew on all three space shuttles, Garrett Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998. His first mission in 2008 was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which dropped him off for a 95-day stay aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to earth aboard the Space shuttle Discovery. His second mission in 2010 was aboard the space shuttle Atlantis.
During these missions, Reisman performed three spacewalks, operated the space station robot arm, and was a flight engineer aboard the space shuttle. Not only was he an astronaut, but Reisman was also an aquanaut serving as a crew member on NEEMO V, living on the bottom of the sea in the Aquarius deep underwater habitat for two weeks.
After leaving NASA in early 2011, he joined SpaceX where he served in multiple capacities, most recently as the director of space operations.
Reisman stepped down from his full-time position at SpaceX in May of 2018 and in June 2018, he became Professor of Astronautical Engineering in the Viterbi School at University of Southern California. Today, Reisman continues to contribute to the commercial space sector by working as an astronaut advisor at vast.
Reisman attended the University of Pennsylvania and CalTech where he received his PhD.
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Garrett Reisman Speaking Topics
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From Zero to Trillions...the RISE of SpaceX
Moonshots, Misfires & Market Dominance: An Astronaut's View from the Eye of the Storm
Includes Themes & Topics Like:
- "Fail Fast, Launch Faster": The Culture That Beat NASA at Its Own Game
- "Reuse Everything": The $1 Trillion Insight Hidden in a Landing Rocket
- "The Hardest Customer in the Universe": Navigating the NASA Partnership That Changed Everything
- "Starlink's Lesson for Every Industry": When Your Side Project Becomes a $10 Billion Business
- "The Overview Effect, Applied": What Seeing Earth from 250 Miles Up Teaches You About Leading Through Uncertainty
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An Astronaut’s View of SpaceX: Lessons Learned from 7 Years of Working for Elon Musk
From humble beginnings in 2002, SpaceX has become a $150 Billion company today that dominates the global rocket launch industry and is the sole American provider of astronaut launches to the International Space Station. Landing rockets on ships and working towards flying humans to Mars, SpaceX has disrupted the entire aerospace industry. How did SpaceX achieve such incredible success? What could SpaceX do even better?
After leaving NASA in 2011, Garrett Reisman began an intense 7-year period in leadership positions at SpaceX, most recently as Director of Space Operations. He will share his insider’s view of the corporate culture, business practices and other keys to SpaceX’s success. And he’ll also tell you what it’s like to ride a rocket into space.
Garrett Reisman Videos
Former SpaceX director says consequences of failure are low
Dr Garrett Reisman is a former NASA astronaut and former director of space operations at SpaceX. He says SpaceX's agility as an organisation means it...
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