Robert D. Richards

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Robert D. Richards is the founder and CEO of Odyssey Moon Limited, an Isle of Man based commercial lunar enterprise and the first official contender in the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. He is also the Director of the Space Division at Optech Incorporated, a company developing laser radar (lidar) systems for space exploration, observation and operations. Robert Richards founded the International Space University (ISU) together with Todd B. Hawley and Peter Diamandis and he served as the university's first Associate Administrator for Strategic Planning and chaired the board's administrative and strategic planning committees during ISU's first phase of development. In 2005 Robert Richards received a Doctorate of Space Achievement (honoris causa) from the International Space University for “distinguished accomplishments in support of humanity’s exploration and use of space.”

Robert Richards also founded the Space Generation Foundation and SEDS together with Todd B. Hawley and Peter Diamandis. Robert Richards remains an active supporter of these organisations.

External links

* [http://www.robertdrichards.com/ Robert D. Richards' personal website]