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Mark Carter

Senior Vice President of Technology Development, Ad Astra Rocket Company

Mark Carter is the Senior Vice President of Technology Development of the Ad Astra Rocket Company. He is also the Theory & Plasma Modeling Lead.

Latest Planetary Radio Appearances

Ad Astra Builds “The Martian’s” Rocket Engine

Mat Kaplan visits the Ad Astra Rocket Company in Texas where they are perfecting the VASIMIR electric rocket engine. Emily Lakdawalla has created a comprehensive timeline tracing missions throughout the solar system. Bill Nye salutes Planetary Society colleagues who gathered to record a Planetary Radio Extra year in review conversation. The new year’s sky is chock full of planets according to Bruce Betts.

Planetary Radio Extra: Ad Astra Rocket Company Audio Tour

Ad Astra's Mark Carter took Planetary Radio Host Mat Kaplan on a great tour of the company's facility in mid-November of 2015. Space and science geeks are going to love this mostly unedited audio recording.