About Garrett
Dr. Garrett Reisman is a former NASA astronaut who flew on all three Space Shuttle models and subsequently worked as an executive at SpaceX. He was selected as a mission specialist astronaut in 1998 and completed his first mission in 2008 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, spending 95 days on the International Space Station before returning on Discovery. His second mission in 2010 was on Space Shuttle Atlantis. During these missions he performed three spacewalks and operated the Space Station Robot Arm. He also served as an aquanaut on NEEMO V, living in an underwater habitat.
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Known for
- Flying on all three Space Shuttle models
- Spending 95 days on the International Space Station
- Performing spacewalks
- Operating the Space Station Robot Arm
- Working as an executive at SpaceX
- Being Director of Space Operations at SpaceX
- Serving as aquanaut on NEEMO V
- Keynote speaking on spaceflight and innovation
- Astronaut
- Engineer
- Professor of Astronautical Engineering
- Keynote speaker
- SpaceX advisor
- Innovation
- Inspiration and Determination
- Risk Management
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Past and future of American space program
- Innovation at NASA and SpaceX
- Failures in risk management
- Simplicity as a design principle
- Coping with confinement and isolation
- Keys to SpaceX's success
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