Peter Swan

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Dr. Peter Swan, an AIAA Fellow and member of the International Academy of Astronautics, has over 40 years of experience in both government and commercial space systems. He is co-author of Global Mobile Satellite Systems and Impact of Space Activities upon Society. He is a former faculty member at the US Air Force Academy; he spent 8 years building space systems for the Air Force; and, then ten years working the Iridium system for Motorola as the spacecraft bus lead.  Dr. Swan is a partner of Teaching Science and Technology, Inc. and has taught over 3,500 professional students in space systems and space systems engineering. He is a past member of the AF Scientific Advisory Board and a current member of the Army Science Board. He earned his doctorate at the University of California (UCLA) and continues his dissertation topic, Space Tethers and Space Elevators [co author of Space Elevator Systems Architecture]. His hobbies are golf and SCUBA diving.

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