Beyond Earth Welcomes Laura Forczyk to Team

Today the Beyond Earth Institute is pleased to announce that Laura Forczyk has joined the Beyond Earth team as Vice President of Research and Analytics. Ms. Forczyk brings considerable experience, thought leadership and analytical skills to the Beyond Earth team in her new role.

 

“I’ve been very impressed by Laura’s capacity for detailed insightful analysis of developing space issues,” said Beyond Earth President and co-founder Steve Wolfe. “That talent, combined by her ability to publicly communicate the complexity of space technology and its potential made her an obvious choice for Beyond Earth. We are very fortunate that Laura shares the vision for Beyond Earth and accepted the invitation to join our team. Her contribution will give a great boost to our efforts.”

 

Laura Forczyk is the owner of space consulting firm Astralytical specializing in space science, industry, and policy, and offering space career coaching services. She is a NASA Subject Matter Expert for planetary science missions. She serves on the advisory boards for the Lifeboat Foundation and the Society of Women in Space Exploration. She serves as a mentor for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program. She is the author of Rise of the Space Age Millennials. Prior to forming her own company, she ran the Florida office of international startup working to establish parabolic and suborbital flight at Kennedy Space Center and globally. She has also worked as a scientific analyst for a nonprofit facilitating over 50 experiments on the International Space Station for the benefit of life on Earth. She has researched astrophysics and planetary science at three NASA centers, flown two parabolic “Zero G” campaigns, conducted geological research in a meteor crater, and earned National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) suborbital astronaut wings in ground training. She is a six-time U.S. Space Camp alumna, a NASA Academy alumna, a former NASA Student Ambassador, and a previous NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program fellow. She earned a bachelor of science in astrophysics from Florida Institute of Technology. She earned a master of science in astrophysics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville researching high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts. She conducted doctoral studies in planetary science at the University of Central Florida researching low-energy impacts and regolith (dust) dynamics on the Moon, Mars, and asteroids.

 

About the Beyond Earth Institute
The Beyond Earth Institute (www.beyondearth.org) is a non-profit think tank which conducts research, provides analysis, makes recommendations, and develops vital insights regarding space policy proposals with near-term and far-ranging implications. We believe the ultimate goal of space exploration and development is to help move humanity beyond Earth, and that the legal and policy framework should be established now to enable that future. We also believe that government space activities can and should help people on Earth in their everyday lives, even as we work to build a future with economically vibrant communities of people living and working beyond planet Earth.