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Les Johnson is listed as Space Technologist, Futurist, and Author at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, based in Madison, Alabama, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at nasa.gov, phone signal with area code 256, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Les Johnson.
Les Johnson previously worked as Chief Technologist at Nasa - National Aeronautics And Space Administration and Space Propulsion Technologist and Mission Principal Investigator / Science & Technology Office at Nasa - National Aeronautics And Space Administration. Les Johnson studied at International Space University.
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I'm an entrepreneur within the NASA 'ecosystem,' skilled at identifying, assessing, and finding a pathway to development for new space technologies and systems. I know how to bring stakeholders with potentially divergent interests together for a common goal, using my extensive network of space professionals at NASA, Space Force, industry, universities, and even other governments.I am a recognized international expert on space technologies and systems, with focused expertise in advanced in-space propulsion and beamed power. I served as the Principal Investigator (Solar Sail) of NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout and Solar Cruiser missions, Co-Investigator for NASA's Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna (LISA-T) demonstration mission, and a NASA Co-Investigator for the privately funded Drag Racer electrodynamic tether propulsion demonstration mission. Successfully formulated, proposed, and personally led >$500M of space propulsion technology projects and missions (including winning highly competitive proposals):- NASA In-Space Propulsion Technology Project- NASA Interstellar Propulsion Technology Project- The Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System Project- The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission- The Solar Cruiser missionNASA MSFC Formulation lead for multiple other space technology projects, including:- Nuclear Systems Initiative- Nuclear Thermal Propulsion pre-project- Planetary Sunshades for climate change mitigationMember of the International Advisory Board for The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.Member of the International Academy of Aeronautics and AstronauticsMember of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of AmericaFellow of the British Interplanetary SocietyHolds three space technology patents.Advisor to the Interstellar Research Group, General Chairman of the first 5 Interstellar Symposia, and Program Chairman of the sixth - eighth.Author of popular science books about science and space exploration, including A Traveler's Guide to the Stars (Princeton University Press), Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World (Prometheus), and Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel. Author of science fiction for Baen Books, including The Spacetime War, Saving Proxima (with Travis Taylor), Stellaris: People of the Stars, Mission to Methone, On to the Asteroid, and Back to the Moon (with Travis Taylor), Going Interstellar (with Jack McDevitt), and Rescue Mode (with Ben Bova).
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Washington, Dc, Us
Provide expert advice on technology initiatives to center leadership and to NASA MSFC team members. Lead the Marshall team on matters involving center-wide technology development. Represent MSFC on NASA’s Center Technology Council and serves as the center’s focal point for Center Innovation Fund activities.
Washington, Dc, Us
Serve as the Principal Investigator (solar sail) for the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout solar sail mission; Principal Investigator for the Solar Cruiser solar sail propulsion Technology Demonstration Mission; Co-Investigator of the Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna (LISA-T) and DragRacer electrodynamic tether propulsion missions; Co-Investigator on multiple NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts studies.
Washington, Dc, Us
Served as the Principal Investigator for the Near Earth Asteroid Scout project. Provide technical advice and insight into multiple space projects and potential future missions under study by the NASA MSFC Advanced Concepts Office.
Washington, Dc, Us
I manage a team of about 30 engineers and scientists in the development of new and innovative concepts for subsystems, spacecraft systems, payloads, transportation systems, missions and overall transportation system architectures. Our customers and collaborators include NASA, the Department of Defense, industry and academia. We perform complete and integrated systems analyses, technology assessments, and independent assessments of potential concepts including:- Pre-Phase A Concept Studies leading to Mission Concept Reviews- Phase A Concept Development in support of Mission Design ReviewsWe provide a unique capability for full architecture and individual vehicle analyses:- Launch vehicles- Deep space missions (human and robotic)- Planetary surface systems
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Us
The Interstellar Research Group is a not-for-profit scientific-education corporation in the state of Tennessee."The Interstellar Research Group is an opportunity for relaxed sharing of ideas in directions that will stimulate and encourage Interstellar exploration including propulsion, communications, and research. The 'Workshop' theme suggests that the direction should go beyond that of a 'conference'. Attendees are encouraged to not only present intellectual concepts but to develop these concepts to suggest projects, collaboration, active research and mission planning. It should be a time for engaging discussions, thought-provoking ideas, and boundless optimism contemplating a future that may one day be within the reach of humanity."Though the concept was explicitly intended to be regional (originally called, "Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop"), it acquired an international flair from the beginning, with the immediate participation of Dr. Claudio Maccone of Italy (sitting at the same table with the founders in Aosta in fact) as well as the invited all-expenses-paid presentation of one of our geoengineering papers to their national weather service and Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow in November 2011 just three weeks before the workshop itself. Since then, international participation has grown, for example the full involvement and support of the prestigious British Interplanetary Society, as well as the Initiative for Interstellar Studies and Icarus Interstellar. This is all to the good, but its heart is still in the Tennessee Valley.
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Author of The Spacetime War (2021).Author (with Travis Taylor) of the science fiction novels On to the Asteroid and Back to the Moon and the first novel in a new 3-book series that begins with Saving Proxima (2021).Author/Editor with Robert Hampson of a science fiction anthology, Stellaris: People of the Stars.Author of Mission to Methone.Author/Editor with Jack McDevitt of a science fiction anthology, Going Interstellar.Author (with Ben Bova) of the science fiction novel, Rescue Mode (June 2014).Author of several science essays for Baen's website.
Princeton Press is publishing my popular science, non-fiction book, A Traveler's Guide to the Stars
Author (with Joe Meany) of Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material that Will Revolutionize the World - coming February 2018 from Prometheus Books!
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Co-author of three popular science books:Living Off the Land in Space (with Gregory Matloff and C Bangs) Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel (1st and 2nd editions)Paradise Regained: The Regreening of EarthHarvesting Space for a Greener Earth (2nd edition)
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Les Johnson works for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Les Johnson is listed as Space Technologist, Futurist, and Author at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
AeroLeads has found 2 work email signals at @nasa.gov for Les Johnson at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Les Johnson is based in Madison, Alabama, United States while working with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Les Johnson has worked for Nasa - National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Interstellar Research Group, Baen Publishing Enterprises, Princeton University Press, and Prometheus Books.
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Les Johnson studied at International Space University.
Les Johnson is listed with skills including Technical Writing, Publishing, Books, Proposal Writing, Systems Engineering, Space Systems, Program Management, and Aerospace.
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