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The personnel that support Universal Space Systems, LLC come from a broad
background representing numerous educational degrees, colleges/universities, military branches and
Aerospace corporations. What they have in common, however, are two things - 1)
they have a passion, unique
understanding and perspective about things that fly and go into space and 2)
they have actually worked in America's human spaceflight programs for the Space
Shuttle and International Space Station. Human
spaceflight is a very unforgiving environment and it is the knowledge and
insight of these individuals into that area that make our Web sites, and in
particular the Space Adventurer Assessment/Report, such valuable tools to
anyone who plans on becoming a future space traveler. Because of this group of
people, we are able to deliver in one central location what we feel are unique
products and services about the Space Tourism Industry without equal, that you
will find nowhere else without doing thousands of hours of research in all types
of media and consulting with individuals like the ones listed here.
Brian
President & CEO
Brian P. Noonan, CM
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Over 30 years experience in Information
Technology
and Aerospace. This
involved activity in technical
management, project management, systems integration, software test,
validation & programming. Experience includes work in both private
industry (Oil & Gas) and government sectors (worked with NASA
on America's human spaceflight programs). In Aerospace alone I have 23 years of work history including 15+ years in
Management. I have worked in the NASA Mission Control Center (MCC), used
to monitor Space Shuttle missions, supporting computer mainframes and then the transition to a distributed
computer network. I also managed software development for the computer
laptops (Portable Computer System - PCS) that provide command and
control of the International Space Station (ISS). My last activity was in Flight Crew
Equipment/Extravehicular Activity (FCE/EVA) managing professional flight
integrators (Mission Managers) and Engineers ensuring that all flight
manifested hardware was in the correct flight configuration, ready and available to support the
Astronaut/Cosmonaut crews.
Education:
Georgia Institute of Technology - Bachelor of
Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering
Former employers:
United Space Alliance, LLC
Lockheed-Martin Corporation
Unisys
Shell Oil
Gulf Oil
Positions held include:
Department Manager
Technical Manager
Section Manager
Flight System Integrator
Senior Software Engineer
Programmer/Programmer Analyst/Systems Analyst/Senior Systems Analyst
Industrial Engineer
Certifications:
Certified Manager (CM); Institute of Certified
Professional Managers (ICPM)
James Madison University, VA
Awards (partial list):
- NASA Certificate of Appreciation for the Transformation of the
International Space Station (ISS) to Six-Person Crew Capabilities
- Lockheed Martin (Cargo Mission Contract) Certificate for outstanding
mission support of STS-116/12A
- United Space Alliance award in recognition of outstanding
contributions during the recovery and investigation of the STS-107 Space
Shuttle Columbia accident
- NASA Group Achievement Award - Space Shuttle Program Year 2000
Inbtegrated End-to-End Test Team
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Consultants/Advisors
Brian Breen
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Brian contributed extensively to the
multi-national effort of NASA's International Space Station (ISS) in his
role as the United Space Alliance (USA) Program Manager for the space
station program. He was responsible for the technical, schedule, and
cost aspects of multiple contracts supporting the ISS. He also made
important contributions to the company's strategies, policies, and
business planning. Brian is an excellent systems integrator with the
ability to see the big picture and the associated details at the same
time. He is an enthusiastic communicator who mastered the challenge of
conveying technical data to a non-technical audience.
Education:
University of Houston - Bachelor of Science
in Business Computer Information Systems
Former employers:
United Space Alliance, LLC
Positions held include:
Program Management Consultant
Program Manager, International Space Station
Associate Program Manager, International Space Station
Certifications:
Awards (partial list):
NASA Silver Snoopy Award
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Richard (Rich) May
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Rich has almost
40 years experience in Aerospace related work. Even
before he began his career, while he was a student at Texas A&M, for
his senior
design project Rich developed an innovative design concept for a
universal docking collar which he and the A&M faculty presented to
NASA.
Rich's long list of contributions to the American Space Program after
graduation include:
- Designed boom deployment mechanisms for the
Science platform and the Radioactive Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)
for the Voyager spacecraft.
- Assisted
in the design of Voyager's plume shield.
- Developed Space Shuttle crew system handbooks, cue
cards and other Flight Data Files for the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) program.
- Development of both Intravehicular
Activity (IVA) and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Space Shuttle
flight hardware - EVA foot restraint platform, mini-workstation end-effector,
Space Shuttle center-line latch tool foot restraint and forward
bulkhead boom system, mid-deck stowage liners, etc.
- Assisted in the development
of a full-scale operational mockup of a Space Station galley.
- Provided design & test
support for the life support transport enclosure (used for David,
the Bubble Boy) for NASA Life Sciences Directorate.
- Development of IVA flight
hardware for the International Space Station (ISS) - wardroom zero-G
table, Seat Track Attach Mechanism (SAM), stowage
system concepts, etc.
- Engineering expertise in Space Shuttle
still camera systems (Hasselblad/Nikon) and the Space Shuttle's
Orbiter Aft Fuselage Gas Sampler System (OAFGSS).
Education:
Texas A&M - Bachelor of Science
in Aerospace Engineering
Former employers:
United Space Alliance, LLC
Johnson
Engineering/SpaceHab (now Astrotech)
ILC Space Systems (now ILC Dover)
McDonnell Douglas (merged with
Boeing)
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
United States Air Force
Positions held include:
Program
Manager
Lead
Project Engineer
Project
Engineer
Sr. Staff Engineer
Aeronautical Engineer
Certifications:
Awards (partial list):
NASA Silver Snoopy Award
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Karen Ross
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