At the recent ISEC Space Elevator Conference, Dr. John Knapman agreed to join the Board of Directors of the. Dr. Knapman is the Director of the and has made a presentation at the last couple of Space Elevator Conferences. His depth and breadth of knowledge are a very welcome addition to the Board. Some notes from his bio read:
After retiring from IBM, Dr Knapman has worked on a variation of the Lofstrom Loop called the Space Cable. He then adapted this idea to form the bottom part of the space elevator, following a suggestion by Dr. Peter Swan. This is called High Stage One. He is a contributor and co-editor to the recent and has published several journal papers. He is a Fellow of the Recently, he became director of research for ISEC. His first degree was in mathematics and his Ph.D. was in Artificial Intelligence.
So he has a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence? I’m glad I’ve been nice to him; hopefully he’ll put in a good word for me when our robot overlords take over…