Max Space Appoints Space Program and Operations Veteran Kirsten Whittingham as President
08 Julio 2024 - 3:06PM
Business Wire
Whittingham’s engineering, business, and
financial acumen to bring Max Space to the forefront of space
station deployment as the International Space Station (ISS) is
decommissioned
Max Space founders Aaron Kemmer and Maxim de Jong today
announced the appointment of Kirsten Whittingham as President of
Max Space. Kirsten brings a history of accomplished leadership in
spaceflight, aerospace, and defense in commercial, military and
government sectors. Within her purview, Kirsten will lead Max Space
business development as it enters these markets.
Max Space designs and manufactures low-cost, high fidelity
expandable space habitats to dramatically increase the volume of
usable space in Low Earth Orbit, cislunar, Moon and Mars for
habitation, research, manufacturing, farms, tourism, sports, and
entertainment.
“Kirsten has the engineering, business, and financial acumen to
bring Max Space to the forefront of space station deployment in the
next 4-5 years as the International Space Station (ISS) is
decommissioned” stated Kemmer. “Her most recent experience in a
leadership role at Axiom Space, a privately-funded space
infrastructure developer, to contracts with international
governments for missions to the ISS, will be a great asset to Max
Space.”
“Max Space is an exciting new innovative and entrepreneurial
private venture with the ability to change the direction of the
space economy through low-cost and high performing inflatable space
stations,” remarked Whittingham. “I immediately envisioned how I
could lead the company to the next level, given my solid background
in spaceflight, customer support, and business operations.”
Prior to serving as VP of Revenue Operations at Axiom Space,
Kirsten was Director of the F100 Program for Pratt & Whitney, a
subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, and Deputy Program Manager for
Cirrus Aircraft. She is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace
Engineering.
The Max Space Advantage
Max Space’s innovative expandable space habitats can
dramatically increase the volume of usable space in Low Earth Orbit
(LEO), cislunar space, and on the Moon and Mars. Leveraging more
than 25 years of space expandable innovation, research, and
testing, Max Space structures are lower cost and lower mass than
any other pressurized architecture, whether expandable, aluminum,
titanium, or composite. The company’s R&D track record,
including all parameters for flight testing, has produced a highly
refined design conducive to large scale production.
The first Max Space habitat is manifested to fly with SpaceX in
2026. The goal is to have a family of scalable habitats in space,
ranging from 20 m3 to 100 m3 to 1000 m3 thru 2030. The Max Space
expandable architecture offers remarkable scalability, with the
potential to scale up to 10,000+ m3 megastructures which can be
launched in a single flight using Starship and New Glenn once
they’re online.
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