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Douglas Lee Loverro | |
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.jpg?lang=en) NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations | |
| Born | May 11, 1954 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Doug |
| Education | He is a Bachelor of Chemistry at the United States Air Force Academy, as Master of Physics of the University of New Mexico, a Master of Political Science from the [ [Auburn University]] and master from the University of West Florida. He was a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer School of the Air Force, and was the best graduate of the DoD of the JFK School of Government Senior Executives in the National and International Security Program . [1] |
| Alma mater | United States Air Force Academy |
| Title | Consultant |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie Loverro and they have two children, Adam and Kari. He is an enthusiastic triathlete and competes with his daughter. |
Douglas Lee Loverro (born May,11 1954) is an aerospace and policymaker on retirement, who served as NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations (Artemis program, Commercial Crew Program, SpX-DM2, US part of the International Space Station) from December 2019 to the 18 of May 2020[2]
From december 2019 to May 18, 2020 he replaced Ken Bowersox as head of NASA's Human spaceflight. [3] While his predecessor in this function, William H. Gerstenmaier in February of 2020 went to SpaceX as a consultant, as the company prepares to launch astronauts for the first time. Where Elon Musk will recognize that not just a manned Lockheed Martin F-35 is outdated by Disruptive innovation[4]
Career
[edit]From 1997 to 1999 he was program director of Advanced Systems, Space and Missile Systems Center. From 1999 to 2002 he was program director, Global Positioning System, Space and Missile Systems Center . From 2002 to 2006 he was program director, Future Imagery Systems at National Reconnaissance Office. From 2006 to 2007 deputy director for system technology at the National Reconnaissance Office . From 2007 to 2013 he was managing director of the Space and Missile Systems Center and deputy program manager for space.
In 2017 he was retired and became managing director of Loverro Consulting, LLC. [5] Douglas Loverro was a space thinker in the United States Department of Defense.
In 2017, after his transfer to retirement, he was won over for tasks at NASA.[6]
Awards
[edit]- Secretary of Defense’s Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
- the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Federation of Galaxy Explorers.
- the Society of Satellite Professional Engineers Stellar Award.
- AFCEA Benjamin Oliver Gold Medal for Engineering.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Department of Defense. "Douglas L. Loverro".
- ^ NASA (2007). "Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations: William H. Gerstenmaier". The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
- ^ Feldscher, Jacqueline. "NASA's human spaceflight chief ousted just before big launch". Politico. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (2020-02-11). "SpaceX brings on NASA's former top spaceflight official as it prepares to launch first astronauts". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ U.S. House of Representatives (2018-02-22). "Douglas L. Loverro" (PDF).
- ^ United States Congress, House Committee on Armed Services, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 and Oversight of previously authorized programs before the commttee o armed services house of representatives 113 Congress first session, p. 81
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