Eric Anderson is President and CEO of Space Adventures, the leading space tourism company and the only company in the world to have sent self-funded tourists into space. Anderson is a both a businessman, and aerospace engineer; and one of the leading entrepreneurs in the space tourism industry.

Former member of the rock band DARE, Brian Cox is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow and a professor at the University of Manchester. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group and works on the ALTAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva.

Futurist and theoretical physicist specializing in string field theory; Michio Kaku is host of two radio programs and a bestselling author. He is the Henry Semat Chair and Professor in theoretical physics and is currently defining the "Theory of Everything" which seeks to unify four fundamental forces of the universe. He is also a visiting professor at the Institute for Advance Study and is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

A former NASA Astronaut and veteran of 5 space missions, Dr. Bonnie Dunbar has logged 1,208 hours and has orbited more than 50 days in space. Dr. Dunbar is the President and CEO of the Museum of Flight and is the recipient of The Museum of Flight's Pathfinder Award. Dr. Dubbar has been honored by numerous professional societies and universities as well as by NASA.

With over forty years experience in engineering of aerospace and civil systems, including thirty years in management, Donna Shirley is President of Managing Creativity. Donna is a well-known manager, educator, consultant and trainer on the management of creative teams and is author of Managing Martians. Donna's career includes former Director of the Science Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle and the manager of the Mars Exploration Program that built the Sojourner.

In 1973 Captain Alan Bean was the Commander of Skylab Mission where he lived 59 days in space and was the fourth person to leave his footprints on the moon. Under his leadership his crew accomplished 150% of their pre-mission goals, a record which is still unsurpassed. During his 18-year career in NASA, Captain Bean established eleven world records in aeronautics and astronautics. He was awarded two NASA Distinguished Services Medals.

Panasonic Professor of Robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rodney Brooks is Chief Technical Officer and sits on the Board of iRobot Corp. From July 1, 2003, until June 30, 2007, he was director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; prior to that, he was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

A recipient of NASA's Distinguished Speaker award, Dr. Logan is a 19-year veteran of NASA. Among many leadership roles within NASA's space medicine program, Dr. Logan served as Chief of Flight Medicine - as personal physician to the astronauts and their families - and Chief of Medical Operations. Board certified in Aerospace Medicine, he is Mission Control certified and has directly supported many space missions. An international thought leader in health science and telemedicine technology, Dr. Logan developed the initial design for a telemedicine-based, in-flight medical delivery system for long duration missions.

Audiences worldwide are inspired by Dr. Logan's unique, enthusiastic and entertaining explorations of the impact of emerging discoveries on our daily lives. He motivates individuals to stretch their imaginations and infuses a sense of wonder on the possibilities of human destiny in an increasingly awe-inspiring universe.

Rick Searfoss shares with only a handful of people in history the sublime experiences of actually flying in space. In his career he has led many different teams, including commanding the most complex science research space mission ever, the ...

Dava Sobel, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of Longitude (Walker 1995 and 2005, Penguin 1996), Galileo's Daughter (Walker 1999, Penguin 2000) and The Planets (Viking, 2005). In her thirty years as a science journalist ...