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The NASA Administrator appoints the Chair and all members of the NASA Advisory Council, as well as a NASA civil servant to serve as its Executive Director. The chairs of the National Research Council’s Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the Council.
CHAIRMAN
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Dr. Steven W. Squyres Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy Cornell University |
MEMBERS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
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Dr. William F. Ballhaus Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.) The Aerospace Corporation |
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Ms. Marion C. Blakey President and Chief Executive Officer Aerospace Industries Association |
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Mr. Robert M. Hanisee CFA Managing Director, Trust Company of the West |
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Dr. Charles F. Kennel Chair, Space Studies Board, National Academies |
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Mr. Richard Kohrs NASA (Ret.) |
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Gen. Lester L. Lyles Chair, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, National Academies USAF (Ret.) |
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Dr. David J. McComas Chair Southwest Research Institute |
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Mr. Lars Perkins Entrepreneur |
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Dr. Larry Smarr Director/Prof/CSE California Institute for Telecommunications & Information Tech Computer Science & Engineering |
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Ms. Patti Grace Smith Patti Grace Smith Consulting, LLC |