Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Space Resources Program at the Colorado School of Mines. He has over 35 years of experience conducting experiments in NASA’s low-gravity facilities, including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station and received the NASA Astronauts’ Personal Achievement Award for his contributions to the success of human space flight. He is the President of the Space Resources Roundtable, an international organization that brings together interested parties to discuss all aspects of space, lunar, asteroidal, and planetary resources. He served as Technical Panel member of The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group and is currently a member of the Committee on Planetary Protection of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
