The Key to Sustainable Space Exploration: David Smith at TEDxPurdueU 2014

David is presently a second-year MBA student in the Krannert School of Management, focusing in the areas of Operations and Supply Chain Management, and Business Strategy and Development. His passion lies with the development of human space exploration into a sustainable business. David has worked in the commercial aviation industry and spent time in Washington, D.C. with a small organization helping promote the nascent commercial space industry to lawmakers. David is active both on and off campus with student event planning, intramural sports, world travelling, fiction writing, and everything in between.

B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University, 2010

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