Speaker Biography

Anita Gale

Chief Executive Officer, National Space Society

Co-Founder of the Space Settlement Design Competitions (SSDC’s)

Anita Gale co-founded events in the 1980s that became the International Space Settlement Design Competition. Her research for the Competition led to writing and presenting papers on triggering events for space settlement, space infrastructure, and economic justifications for space settlements. Her 40-year career with The Boeing Company included payload and cargo integration for reusable launch vehicles, proposals for future space vehicles, roadmapping space infrastructure development, and multiple R&D projects to improve space vehicle operations. Anita is an elected NSS Board Member, and currently serves on the NSS Executive Committee as Chief Executive Officer.

She is co-founder of Space Settlement Design Competitions (SSDC’s) which have been inspiring high school students since 1984. Anita will describe how SSCD’s emulate the experience of working on a space industry proposal team, how SSDC’s predict infrastructure and commerce in space will develop and how you can get your students involved.