Astronaut toggles a switch on his spacesuit’s control panel, Visualization Credit: Georg Pamperl, Copyright © 2002 Lunar Base Design Workshop (LBDW)
Susmita Mohanty, shot on location in Montmartre, Paris, Photo: Siddharth Das
India’s first space think tank HQ Bangalore + satellite presence in New Delhi, Berlin, Boston, Sendai
http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/India’s first private space start-up
Bangalore, India
Alliances – Launch Vertical: Taneja Aerospace, Dhruva Space, Firefly Aerospace, Genesys, German Orbital Systems (Berlin), Solid Corporation (Osaka)
Alliances – EO Analytics Vertical: Data Center + Analytics Lab (DCAL) at IIM-B, HD Sense, INDrone, Microsoft, Thybolt, Climate City (Toulouse)
Clients
(2009-16): International satellite makers seeking launches on the PSLV rocket
(2017-20): Clients looking for Earth Observation (EO) Analytics’ Solutions.
MoonFront
Boutique Aerospace Consulting Firm
San Francisco, USA
Responsibilities: Company Operations, Legal and Financial Matters, Business Development, Bid & Proposal, Project Management, Contract Management, Technology Consulting, Client Relations, Media Relations
Clients: NASA Ames Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Science Outreach And Research, Space Exploration Academies, Space Frontier Foundation, Space Generation Foundation, Art Center College of Design, Academy of Art, California Center for Arts and Crafts, CalPoly Pomona, OURS Foundation, Maison d’Ailleurs, Rémy Cointreau
Flight Crew Support Division
Houston, Texas, USA
* Interviewed Mir astronauts from Shuttle-Mir missions to compile database on habitability issues
* Designed Zero-g Whole Body Cleansing System for ISS; Studied ISS illumination issues
* Was test subject to determine exercise regimes on ISS and to analyze speed/accuracy in Shuttle-Mir docking operations; Underwent physiological training for Parabolic Flights (zero-gravity simulation)
Vienna, Austria
www.liquifer.comResponsibilities
(2004-16) Business Development, Bid & Proposal, Research & Design;
(2016-onwards)Writing & Editing, Outreach & Dissemination, Working towards a 15th Anniversary ‘Retrospective’ in major cities around the world
Clients I Funders: European Union, European Space Agency (ESA), Austrian Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Partners (abbreviated list): Airbus, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), COMEX, EADS, Space Applications Services (SAS), Alenia Spazio, M+W Zander
International Business Development
International Space Station [ISS] Program
Huntington Beach, California, USA
www.boeing.com*Bid & Proposal, Project Management for hardware & technical service sales to Japan, Europe, Russia
*Negotiated, won, managed ISS hardware contracts (1-5 M$) with ISS partner countries (Japan, Europe)
*Identified countries suited for ISS participation via international offsets (Brazil, Eastern Europe)
*Performed market assessments; Made new business recommendations to Boeing's top management
*Prepared forecast of ISS international new business for Boeing's annual 10-year operating plan
*Developed business plan for global commercial utilization of the ISS
Astronaut toggles a switch on his spacesuit’s control panel, Visualization Credit: Georg Pamperl, Copyright © 2002 Lunar Base Design Workshop (LBDW)
Susmita Mohanty, shot on location in Montmartre, Paris, Photo: Siddharth Das
India’s first private space start-up
Bangalore, India
Responsibilities: Operations, Business Development, Bid & Proposal, Project Management, General Consulting
Partners: Liquifer Systems Group (LSG), Genesys, German Orbital Systems (GOS), Dhruva Space, Firefly Aerospace, Taneja Aerospace
Clients
(2009-16): International satellite makers seeking launches on the PSLV rocket
(2017-19): Clients looking for Earth Observation (EO) Analytics’ Solutions.
Vienna, Austria
www.liquifer.comResponsibilities
(2004-16) Business Development, Bid & Proposal, Research & Design;
(2016-onwards)Writing & Editing, Outreach & Dissemination, Working towards a 15th Anniversary ‘Retrospective’ in major cities around the world
Clients I Funders: European Union, European Space Agency (ESA), Austrian Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space, Austrian Federal Chancellery, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
Partners (abbreviated list): Airbus, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), COMEX, EADS, Space Applications Services (SAS), Alenia Spazio, M+W Zander
MoonFront
Boutique Aerospace Consulting Firm
San Francisco, USA
Responsibilities: Company Operations, Legal and Financial Matters, Business Development, Bid & Proposal, Project Management, Contract Management, Technology Consulting, Client Relations, Media Relations
Clients: NASA Ames Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Science Outreach And Research, Space Exploration Academies, Space Frontier Foundation, Space Generation Foundation, Art Center College of Design, Academy of Art, California Center for Arts and Crafts, CalPoly Pomona, OURS Foundation, Maison d’Ailleurs, Rémy Cointreau
International Business Development
International Space Station [ISS] Program
Huntington Beach, California, USA
www.boeing.com*Bid & Proposal, Project Management for hardware & technical service sales to Japan, Europe, Russia
*Negotiated, won, managed ISS hardware contracts (1-5 M$) with ISS partner countries (Japan, Europe)
*Identified countries suited for ISS participation via international offsets (Brazil, Eastern Europe)
*Performed market assessments; Made new business recommendations to Boeing's top management
*Prepared forecast of ISS international new business for Boeing's annual 10-year operating plan
*Developed business plan for global commercial utilization of the ISS
Flight Crew Support Division
Houston, Texas, USA
* Interviewed Mir astronauts from Shuttle-Mir missions to compile database on habitability issues
* Designed Zero-g Whole Body Cleansing System for ISS; Studied ISS illumination issues
* Was test subject to determine exercise regimes on ISS and to analyze speed/accuracy in Shuttle-Mir docking operations; Underwent physiological training for Parabolic Flights (zero-gravity simulation)