Mason Peck Explained

Mason Peck is an associate professor at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist.[1] [2] [3] His immediate predecessor in the NASA position was Bobby Braun.

Peck has published in various aerospace sub-disciplines including; air-bearing spacecraft simulation,[4] [5] low-power space robotics,[6] [7] hopping rovers,[8] and Lorentz-augmented orbits.[9]

Peck was awarded $75,000 in 2007 by NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) to study how a large fleet of microchip-size space probes in Earth orbit might propel themselves into the Interplanetary Transport Network; and thence as far as Jupiter's moon Europa. This was to be achieved by exploiting the Lorentz Force, enabled by using photovoltaics to maintain an electrostatic charge while orbiting in Earth's magnetic field.[10] [11]

Peck has served on the advisory board of Mars One since February 2014.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. NASA Names Cornell Professor To CTO Position . Elizabeth . Montalbano . . November 9, 2011 . 2011-11-11 .
  2. Web site: Chipsat pioneer named NASA's chief technologist . Eric . Hand . November 8, 2011 . . 2011-11-11 .
  3. 2011-11-08 . Weaver . David . Friedlander . Blaine . NASA Administrator Names Peck Agency's Chief Technologist . 2011-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220418073255/https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/nov/HQ_11-374_Chief_Technologist.html . 2022-04-18 . live . 11-374 . NASA . }
  4. Encyclopedia: 2003 . Historical Review of Spacecraft Simulators . Jana L. Schwartz . Mason A. Peck . Christopher D. Hall . Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, no. AAS 03-125 .
  5. An Airbearing-Based Testbed for Momentum Control Systems and Spacecraft Line of Sight (AAS 03-127) . Peck, M. A. . 4 . Miller, L. . Cavender, A. R. . Gonzalez . M. Hintz, T. . Advances in the Astronautical Sciences . 2003 . 114 . 427–446 . . 0065-3438 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425154821/http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~acavende/aas03127.pdf . 2012-04-25 .
  6. Low-Power, High-Agility Space Robotics . Peck, Mason A . AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference Proceedings . San Francisco, CA . 15–18 Aug 2005 . 1–2 . 10.2514/6.2005-6243 . 978-1-62410-056-7 . 11 March 2023 .
  7. Control-Moment Gyroscopes for Joint Actuation: A New Paradigm in Space Robotics . Mason A. Peck . Michael A. Paluszek . Stephanie J. Thomas . Joseph B. Mueller . 10.1.1.120.1438 . 10.2514/6.2005-2522 . 1st Space Exploration Conference: Continuing the Voyage of Discovery . 2005 . AIAA 2005-2522 .
  8. Encyclopedia: Dynamics of a gyroscopic hopping rover . Mason A. . Peck . Proceedings of the 11th Annual AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting . Santa Barbara, CA . 11–15 Feb 2001 . 1369–1389 . 0-87703-487-7 .
  9. General Bang-Bang Control Method for Lorentz Augmented Orbits . Streetman . Brett . Peck . Mason A . Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets . 47 . 3 . 484–492 . May–Jun 2010 . 10.2514/1.45704 . 2010JSpRo..47..484S . 2011-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111103213426/http://www.spacecraftresearch.com/files/StreetmanPeck_AAS2008.pdf . 2011-11-03 . dead .
  10. . Mmmm, Space Chips . Gregory . Mone . August 2007 . 271 . 2 .
  11. Web site: Feb 28, 2007 . Cornell To Study Planetary Magnetic Fields Propulsion Research Under NASA Grant . . 2011-11-11 .
  12. Web site: We're pleased to welcome Dr. Mason Peck to our advisory board.... Google+. Mars One. 25 August 2014. 24 February 2014.

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