4Frontiers Corporation - Past Associates

While not currently engaged in the activites or business operations of 4Frontiers, past associates are recognized for the assistance they have provided to the company.

Martha Adams
Martha Adams comes from upstate New York farming country, and brings with her an interest in simple and practical machinery. Her first electrical project, done about 1936 or 1937, blew a fuse; but she reports her design and engineering skills have improved since then. Martha has worked as a secretary, ignition systems engineer, architectural and engineering draftsman, lifeguard, and Red Cross qualified Water Safety Instructor. She has volunteered five years in a major Childrens Hospital, and two in a homeless shelter. She has read widely all her life and recommends, J.R.R. Tolkein, Ring Trilogy. Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea; Left Hand of Darkness; The Dispossessed. Jack Vance, The Languages of Pao; The Demon Princes series. John Brunner, Stand On Zanzibar. ...Many more come to mind. Retired in 1996, Martha marked time until she found a group of Mars people active in and near MIT. Now she is, as she says, "Up to my ears in it, retirement didn't work for me anyhow." Martha assisted 4Frontiers in various efforts early in the company's formation, including providing input during a number of technical efforts.

Daniel Aleksandrow

Daniel is a recent graduate, with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and a Bachelor of Science combined degree from The University of Western Australia. He worked with 4Frontiers, in both the Orbital Facility Feasibility Study and Mars Analog Simulation Design internship roles in 2008. Daniel has a strong interest in the development of aerospace technology, and is keen to obtain further professional experience in this area.

Esther Beltran-Forsythe MD, MS. Dr.PH

Esther’s formal training is in Medicine. Graduated from Autonoma University of Barcelona with a Medical Doctorate degree, she pursed training in surgery and spent time in Scandinavia and in several European Community Countries. She also continued her passion for aerospace and decided to combine both interests in space and medicine. Later on also she continued her education in aerospace sciences and obtained a Masters in Science from the University Of North Dakota in Space Science. During her stay in North Dakota she worked on aerospace physiology projects. After her stay in the Northern plains she moved to Houston and graduated from the University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center with a Doctorate in Public Health with specialization in Occupational Health/Aerospace Medicine. During her tenure in Houston she worked for Johnson Space Center in the Reduction Protocol for the prevention of Decompression Sickness in Space. She also served for a period as a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, teaching courses in Life Sciences and working in research projects for permanent human presence in Space and Extreme Environments. Esther attended the Gen II programming kickoff meeting and provided insight and guidance.

Dudley Crosson, Ph.D.

Dudley is a human factors specialist working in the life sciences field. He has a Ph.D. in physiology and started his career in diving operations. The similarities between the underwater environment and space a drew him into the space field, and now he provides services to both deep diving operations / engineering and to the space communities. His human factors and life support experience projects have involved undersea habitats, deep diving systems, lunar habitats, and EMUs. Dudley attended the Gen II programming kickoff meeting and provided insight and guidance.

Chris Hoffmann
Chris holds a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, with a concentration in power and control systems. He has 3 years of experience in the petroleum industry, working on facilty electrical design and implimentation. This has included power, lan/wan infrastructure, satellite communications, and store technology upgrades. Chris attended the Gen II programming kickoff meeting and provided insight and guidance.

Kristin Houser

Kristin graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. She lives by the quote, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams” by Eleanor Roosevelt. It has inspired her to hang on to every goal that she has set for herself and never give up. She is the first female Choctaw to receive a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Kristin hopes that her accomplishment will be an incentive to aspiring female Choctaws to set their standards high in mathematics and engineering. She feels her profound desire in striving for excellence will be shown continuously through her career. Kristin assisting 4Frontiers in the organization of 4Frontiers Gen II materials related to mission planning and spaceport design.

Robert Milligan – Materials Engineering
Robert held an AB in Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside and an MS in Organic Chemistry from San Diego State University. He had over thirty five years experience as a chemist, polymer scientist, and materials engineer covering synthesis, development and selection of engineering polymers in the areas of advanced fibers, films, blown foams, engineering composites, sandwich structures and structural adhesives. Working with Dr. Crossman, he helped to develop polymer and other materials manufacturing processes applicable to Mars settlement. 4Frontiers was saddened to learn of his passing in 2008 and remembers him for his significant contributions to our efforts.

Juergen Nussbaumer

Juergen has strong interest in the surface evolution of Mars. Under this topic he worked for several institutions supported by two Marie Curie fellowships, mostly in Germany, Norway, Switzerland and Great Britain. He did his field work related to his Masters thesis in Argentina. He has education and professional experience in engineering (e.g. in aircrafts), as well as programming of detectors (shutter mechanism of a Mossbauer Instrument, UV suppression of the PLASTIC Mass Spectrometer on NASA STEREO Mission, CHAMP satellite gravity field mapping etc). Juergen assisting 4Frontiers in investigating various geology & geoscience grants that the company considered pursing.

Scott Patterson
Scott is a project manager for a large construction company. He attended the Gen II programming kickoff meeting and provided insight and guidance.

Barbara Preslock

Barbara has extensive experience in commercial marketing. She ran an advertising /marketing firm in Daytona Beach specializing in newspaper/print marketing ads, TV ads, radio and all forms of public relations for a diversified clientele. Barbara holds a degree from Marjorie Webster College, in Washington D.C. She assisted 4Frontiers as marketing director for two years.

Ed Ramsey
Ed holds a BFA degree in Visual Communications and has developed and delivered multimedia content in numerous print, graphic, web-based, and video formats for over 12 years. He brings more than 16 years of U.S. Space Industry experience in various positions on contracts for both the U.S. Air Force and NASA. He worked as a Senior Engineer repairing Shuttle Avionics at the NASA Shuttle Depot in Cape Canaveral Florida in the early nineties. He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, SIGGRAPH chapter, and a member of the Pixel Corps since the beta days. Ed assisted 4Frontiers with website development, graphics design, and children's audio generation, in additional to attending and giving input during an early product selection meeting.

Brice Russ - Marketing / Public Relations Intern
Brice Russ is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, pursuing a degree with honors in Linguistics. He is currently serving as Director of Media Relations for Yuri's Night and as Vice-President of UNC SEDS. Brice assisted with the development of marketing strategy related to 4Frontiers products & services. He also assisted the Darkhorse team in development of materials related to 4Frontiers' proposed Informative Entertainment Center.

Phil Smith
Phil Smith is a freelance artist specializing in aerospace subjects. His preferred media include acrylics, color pencil, and oils. Mr. Smith also designs and builds scale models using a variety of media depending on the subject matter. Mr. Smith uses his 15-year experience and knowledge in aerospace, politics, history, and anthropology to render unique visions of our future in space. A portfolio of his work can be seen on his webpage. Phil has produced numerous works in support of the company's efforts, including renditions of the Crazy4Mars characters.

Dr. Richard Sylvan, MD
Richard specialized in Oncology and brought his medical experience to the Program Study team for both the Generation 1 and Generation 2 Mars Settlement Design efforts. He received his B.S. in Theoretical Math from MIT and his M.S. in Microbiology and Virology from New York Medical College. He studied Medicine at the University of Louvain in Belgium and completed his M.D. at SUNY Buffalo. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at John Hopkins University Service at Baltimore City Hospital and his fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY. He was the author of multiple papers on space life science and most recently space economics. 4Frontiers was saddened to learn of his passing in 2008 and remembers him for his significant contributions to our efforts.

Zachary Whitten
Zachary Whitten graduated from California State University, Chico, in 2000 with BA's in English and Liberal Studies. After earning his teaching credentials, he became one of the founding teachers of a new charter school, where he has taught a variety of subjects to 6th-12th graders. Zach developed some custom lesson plans which are available in the educator section of the 4Frontiers website, and gave input during an early product selection meeting.