The Lab is led by Anastasia alongside a small core of directors, supported by a network of trusted contractors and consultants, brought on per engagement.
Niki Werkheiser
Former NASA Director of Technology Maturation
25 years at NASA, including Program Executive for the Game Changing Development Program and Lead for the Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative, managing a Technology Maturation portfolio of 100+ projects across 8 NASA Centers.
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Grant Anderson
Paragon Co-founder
Co-founded Paragon Space Development in 1993 and led it as Chief Engineer, then President and CEO. Design lead for the ISS Solar Array Program at Lockheed Martin before Paragon. Stanford-trained, mechanical and aeronautical engineering.
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Anthony Sims
Former Chief Designer, SpaceX Dragon
Consulting on industrial design services and applied research addressing NASA Human Research Program gaps.
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Sam Scimemi
Former ISS Director, NASA HQ
Nearly 40 years in human spaceflight at NASA, starting on the Space Shuttle Program at Johnson Space Center in 1985. Led ISS assembly through the Columbia return-to-flight, then Director of the ISS and Executive for Moon to Mars International Partnerships.
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Paul Godfrey
Market Consultant, Middle East / GCC
Contractors and collaborators who've contributed to Stellar Amenities' work over the years, including past interns.
Affiliations shown where confirmed from records. Still researching the rest. Will fill in as found.
"Cool origami tactile environment solution for AstroAccess for blind navigation during microgravity... designed with directionality like scales and pattern density change."
Jamie Molaro, planetary scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Going to look so cool on the Zero-G plane and be incredibly useful for our AstroAccess Ambassadors."
Tim Bailey, Flight Attendant, Zero Gravity Corporation; Executive Director, Yuri's Night
"TESSERAE interior design is looking fantastic. Love the galley tessellation concept."
Ariel Ekblaw, Founding Director, MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative
"A clever synergy between art and science in Buckminster Fuller's manner."
Story Musgrave, retired NASA astronaut
"A unique blend of innovation and practicality."
Dan Goods, visual strategist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Insightful and fundamental, not only for the space environment but for blind user accessibility everywhere."
Sina Bahram, accessibility consultant, California Science Center & MoMA
"This self-erecting, ultralight, deployable Geodesic Dome takes Buckminster Fuller's ideas into the new Millenium. Desert Snowflake, the winner of the people's votes, is an ode to architectural origami form."
Competition judges, People's Choice Award, Eleven's Marstopia International Architectural Design Competition, on "Desert Snowflake" (with Robert Salazar & Svetlana Krinochkina)
