Roger Hunter
Roger is currently the Program Manager for the Small Spacecraft Technology Program, (SSTP). Roger began his professional career in the Air Force. He attended the Squadron Officer School at the Air Command and Staff College. He also received a BS Degree in Mathematics at the University of Georgia, an MS in Space Operations from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology and an MA in Airpower Studies from the Air University Air Command and Staff College. He was a member the United States Air Force from October 1978 until December of 2000. After retiring form the Air Force he spent a few years in Private industry including a position as Site Manager for Boeing in Colorado Springs. He found his way to NASA Ames in 2008. He was the Project Manager for Kepler – A Search for Habitable Planets. When asked about why he left Boeing and returned to public service to manage the Kepler Project he stated, “How many times in one’s life do you get a chance to work on something that can make history […] NO one can say no to that.”
Publications:
NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator
SSTP and Recent Technology Demonstrations
Presentations: