Space Studies Institute is pleased to announce that Robin Snelson is our newly elected President. Robin joined SSI as an active Senior Adviser in 2005, and has worked as Executive Director and Treasurer since 2009.

Gary C Hudson, President from 2011, will continue to serve on the Board of Trustees, guiding and supporting SSI’s work. As President, Gary advocated for development of an artificial gravity research station in orbit, G-Lab, and also launched SSI’s exotic propulsion initiative known as MEGA Drive (Mach Effect Gravity Assist Drive). In recent years, NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) supported this work with more than $750,000 in grant funding. Gary will continue to assist this experimental research ongoing under the direction of Professor James Woodward at California State University Fullerton.

Beyond SSI, Gary’s current duties include acting as co-founder and Chief Architect at Gravitics, Inc. [https://www.gravitics.com/], and co-founder and Executive Chairman at Oisin Biotechnologies, Inc. [https://www.oisinbio.com/]. Gary now assumes the role of President Emeritus of SSI.

SSI President Emeritus Gary C Hudson (left) and former SSI President Professor Freeman Dyson (right)

The core vision of the Space Studies Institute is to advance the technologies required for the permanent settlement of space by individuals and private organizations. We ask you to join us in expressing our deepest appreciation to Gary for his many years of service and to warmly welcome Robin Snelson as our newest President. Together, with your ongoing support, SSI will continue this very important and exciting work.