Alan Stern
Niwot, Colorado, United States
Space and the 21st century just go together-- let's go!
<p>I'm a planetary scientist and commercial space advisor. I'm also a Principal Investigator on several NASA missions, leading instrument teams on the ESA Rosetta comet orbiter and the NASA Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter, and I have the priviege of leading NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. In 2007 and 2008 I was NASA's top science executive, leading its Science Mission Directorate. I love space exploration, space science, and space education, and want to see them advance faster!</p>