G. Scott Hubbard

G. Scott Hubbard
Hubbard in 2020
Born (1948-12-27) December 27, 1948 (age 75)
Other namesScott Hubbard
Alma materVanderbilt University
University of California, Berkeley
Known forRestructuring NASA's Mars Program, known as the first "Mars Czar"
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAeronautics and Astronautics
InstitutionsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NASA, Stanford University
Websitegscotthubbard.com

G. Scott Hubbard (born December 27, 1948) is a physicist who has been engaged in space-related research as well as program, project and executive management for more than 45 years including 20 years with NASA, culminating as director of NASA's Ames Research Center. As of 2012, Hubbard chairs SpaceX Safety Advisory Panel,[5] he previously served as the NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, was NASA's first Mars program director and restructured the Mars program in the wake of mission failures.[6][7]

G. Scott Hubbard official Ames Research Center portrait by Robert Seman. (2008)
Hubbard official Ames Research Center (2008)
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