Dr. Eric J. Felt
Colonel, USSF (Ret.)
Former Director, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Senior advisor
Team
The people behind SOAR
SOAR pairs an inventor focused on the orbital-debris problem with senior advisors whose careers span national space programs and the science of debris risk.
Christopher Lee Jones
President and Principal Investigator
Christopher Lee Jones is the inventor of PODRS, the patent-pending system at the core of SOAR's work. His focus is the orbital-debris problem, and in particular the small debris, 10 centimeters and smaller, that current systems do not reliably track.
Rafael Santoni
Technical Analyst
Rafael Santoni is a technologist and digital leader with over 25 years of experience at major global media and technology companies, including Discovery Communications, Univision, and Citrix. He brings depth in systems integration, marketing automation, and data analysis, working in Python and JavaScript, to SOAR's technical work.
Senior advisors
Listed in a senior advisory capacity. An advisory role does not imply endorsement by any current or former employer, by the Department of Defense, the United States Space Force, or NASA.
Dr. Donald Kessler
Retired NASA Senior Scientist and Orbital Specialist
Originator of the Kessler Syndrome, the concept of cascading orbital collisions
Advisor and co-collaborator
A university institutional partnership will be announced when finalized.