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In 19 years of U.S. government service, Dr. Uzo-Okoro has developed several national space policies and contributed to over 60 NASA missions and programs – as an engineer, technical expert, manager, and executive – in space science and technology topics. At the White House, she leads the civil and commercial space portfolio, which includes Earth Observations, Orbital Debris, Microgravity, Space Weather, In-space Servicing Assembly and Manufacturing, Aeronautics, Planetary Protection, human exploration, and space science. Dr. Uzo-Okoro released policies including an In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) National Strategy, National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing, National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan, and the U.S. Government Commercial Earth Observations Data Purchase Plan. Her 17-year engineering career spanned contributions to earth observations, planetary science, heliophysics, astrophysics, human exploration, and space communications missions, which represent over $9.2 Billion in total program value to NASA. She has an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and three masters degrees in Space Systems, Space Robotics, and Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University (APL), MIT (the Media Lab), and Harvard University. She earned her doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering from MIT. Her story is profiled in President George W. Bush’s book, Out of Many, One.
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