John C. Mankins is President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC and of Mankins Space Technology, Inc., and a Director of Solar Space Technologies Ltd. Pty. He is Vice President of the Moon Village Association, and is a Dean and Professor at the on-line Kepler Space Institute. While at NASA and JPL, Mankins held numerous positions, including in the Office of Space Flight, Assistant Associate Administrator for Advanced Systems (acting), and Chief Technologist for Human Exploration and Development of Space. He received the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal. He holds a B.S. (Harvey Mudd College), an M.S. (UCLA) and an MBA (Claremont Graduate University). He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the IEEE, Sigma Xi, and the International Academy of Astronautics. Mankins is known for writing the definitions of the Technology Readiness Levels and as the world’s leading expert in the field of “Space Solar Power”.