Casey Dreier

Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator

casey.dreier@planetary.org
+1-626-793-5100

Casey Dreier decided to devote his career to furthering the cause of planetary exploration after witnessing the launch of MSL Curiosity on November 26th, 2011. It was that kind of experience. Eight months later when Curiosity landed on the surface of Mars, he cheered the accomplishment as an employee of The Planetary Society.

Casey brings a depth of experience in computer programming, design, communication, and problem solving from his previous career as a Ruby on Rails developer. He has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Oberlin College which gives him some street cred, but not much considering the general educational attainment of his peers.

As Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, he helps craft and implement the Society's advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C. to further the cause of solar system exploration. He also works to foster strong relationships between the Society and its members, reaches out to new members from traditional and non-traditional space backgrounds, and integrates new technologies and methods of communication into the Society's work flow and outreach efforts. His overall goal is a strong and vibrant Planetary Society that voices loud support for space science and exploration in Washington, D.C., and in other countries around the world.

He is a regular contributor to The Planetary Report and blogs multiple times a week (mainly about space policy issues) at http://planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/. He also occassionally hosts Google+ Hangouts on for the Planetary Society.

You can contact Casey via email at: casey.dreier@planetary.org

Latest Planetary Radio Appearance

Advocating for Planetary Science/Star Trek Meets Spacefarers

05/20/2013 | 30:45
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The director and cast of Star Trek: Into Darkness meet up with real space travelers. Also: Planetary science funding from NASA is in trouble, so a delegation led by Bill Nye the Science Guy descended on Washington DC last week to sound the alarm. Planetary Society Advocacy chief Casey Dreier provides a report, and comments on the Society’s support for NASA’s Asteroid Retrieval Mission.

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Latest Blog Posts

MAVEN with solar panels open in the clean room for the last time

NASA's MAVEN Mission Spared from Shutdown

Posted 2013/10/03 04:40 CDT | 3 comments

Launch preparations will resume for NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, due to launch to Mars on November 18th. Work had previously been suspended, potentially causing the spacecraft to miss its once-every-26-month launch opportunity.

Concept Network of Nanosats in Orbit Around Earth

Origami Nanosats: The Future of Space Telescopes?

Posted 2013/10/01 05:04 CDT | 1 comments

We interview Dr. Franck Marchis from the SETI Institute about nanosats that can unfold in space to create sensitive telescopes that are orders of magnitudes cheaper than current hardware.

[Updated] A Government Shutdown Could Delay MAVEN's Launch to Mars

Posted 2013/09/30 05:17 CDT | 2 comments

NASA confirmed that a government shutdown could affect pre-launch processing of the MAVEN spacecraft, currently scheduled to launch to Mars on November 18th.

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