STRATEGIC ADVISORS

The company is supported by a significant team of leading strategic advisors, who are experts in their fields, including:

William Readdy, Capt.

  • Former NASA Astronaut

  • Retired NASA Associate Administrator of the Office of Spaceflight

  • Prior to joining NASA, he served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974

Dr. Alan Stern

  • Serves as Leader of NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto

  • Recently flew aboard Virgin Galactic’s Galactic 05 mission as a Commercial Astronaut

  • Served as Chief Executive of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and Board Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation

  • Holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics and Planetary Science from the University of Colorado-Boulder

Dr. Simon “Pete” Worden

  • Serves as Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation

  • Retired as Director of NASA Ames Research Center as well as Commander of the 50th USAF Space Wing

  • Recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for the 1994 Clementine Mission to the Moon

  • Holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Arizona

Hélène Huby   

  • Founder and CEO at The Exploration Company  

  • Serves as Founder and Chairman of Urania Ventures  

  • Spent ten years at Airbus Defence and Space, which included serving as the Vice President of the Orion-ESM program  

  • Holds a Master’s in Economics and Applied Mathematics as well as Master’s in Public Administration  

  • Earned her Master of Public Administration (MPA) from École nationale d'administration in Strasbourg, France 

James Reuter 

  • Served as NASA Space Technology Associate Administrator, overseeing space technology investments, strategy, and interagency coordination on nuclear power and propulsion

  • Led the establishment of joint government and commercial programs to advance space technologies

  • Held various leadership roles at NASA, including deputy manager of the Space Shuttle Propulsion Office

General William L. Shelton 

  • Retired four-star General and former Commander of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base

  • Was responsible for ensuring mission-ready space and cyberspace forces for NORAD, U.S. Strategic Command, and other combatant commands 

  • Holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in astronautical engineering, and a Master of Science in national security from the National War College

  • Decorated military leader with 48 years of service 

Storm Boswick

  • Founder of TRE Advisors, an experienced Partner, Portfolio Manager(PM), and Managing Director in the Asset Management industry

  • Venture Capitalist, Long/Short PM, and skilled Investor & Advisor in Public & Private Equity and Public & Private Debt

  • Regular contributor to investment industry conferences as a presenter, and to universities as a lecturer and/or panelist, including the UCLA Space Institute, and the International Space University

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS

Technology development and progress continues at Helicity Space with the support of expert scientific advisors who are leaders within the industry including:

Professor Paul M. Bellan

  • Over 40 years of world-class research in experimental and theoretical plasma physics

  • Professor, Applied Physics, Caltech

  • Ph.D., Physics, Princeton

Professor Michael R. Brown

  • Over 30 years of research in plasma physics

  • Professor, Physics, Swarthmore College

  • Postdoc, Applied Physics, Caltech 

  • Ph.D., Physics, Dartmouth College

Professor Carlos Romero-Talamas

  • Expert in high-power magnets, spheromaks, dusty plasmas and magnetic diagnostics

  • Assoc. Prof., Mech. Eng., University of Maryland-Baltimore County

  • Postdoc, Physics, LLNL

  • Ph.D., Mech. Eng. & Applied Phys., Caltech