Derek Webber
From The Space Library
 Derek Webber, Google Lunar XPRIZE Judge | |
| Birth Name | Derek Webber |
|---|---|
| Birth Date | 24 July 1945 |
| Birth Place | South Shields, UK |
| Occupation | Engineer, Author |
| Nationality | Britain, United States of America |
| Notable Works | The Wright Stuff, Kids to Space, Beyond Earth |
Derek Webber, a former satellite and launch vehicle systems engineer, Head of Procurement at a satellite services organization, and Managing Director of a satellite broadband provider, has citations in "Who's Who in Science and Engineering" and "Who's Who in the World", and has made contributions to the creation of the space tourism industry and commercial space exploration initiatives for nearly two decades. He has authored one book, and been a contributing author to 6 other books, with a space tourism or commercial space exploration theme. He was awarded a certificate of recognition for his contributions by the Space Tourism Society at its Orbit Awards event in 2006 and received an award for “contributions to space activity and particularly private access to space” from the International Academy of Astronautics in 2011. He is one of nine international judges of the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition and has successfully advocated for the inclusion of space settlement as a long term goal of US space policy.
Selected Papers by Derek Webber
Commercial Space Exploration
Everest, the camps, and the Sherpas
Bridgehead - Interplanetary Travel Becomes Routine
Why We Need to Continue with Human Spaceflight
 Derek Webber (extreme left) at Space Tourism Orbit Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in 2006 (others include Bigelow, Searfoss, Tito, Aldrin, Anderson, Diamandis). |
 Derek Webber giving a talk at TedX Budapest in 2014 on the Google Lunar XPRIZE. |
 Derek Webber and SpaceShipOne in Mojave in 2004 before the craft went to its final home at the Smithsonian. |
 Derek Webber and prototype Lunar Lander while in 2014 conducting monitoring of tests as judge of Google Lunar XPRIZE |
Books by Derek Webber
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