SpaceX
Jaime Mateus is a highly experienced professional in aerospace biomedical engineering, currently serving as Manager of Space Medicine and Medical Research Lead at SpaceX since April 2021. Additionally, Jaime holds an advisory role at NALA Systems Inc. and previously worked as a Technology Consultant at Aqua Membranes, Inc. and as CEO and Founder of Anfiro, which focused on innovative water treatment solutions. With a background in early-stage technology development at Flagship Ventures and consulting on human factors engineering at JM Analytics, Jaime has also contributed to academia as an instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and during various research roles, including postdoctoral work. Jaime earned a PhD in Aerospace Biomedical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, furthering expertise with a master's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the same institution and a master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London.
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SpaceX
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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. SpaceX believes a fully and rapidly reusable rocket is the pivotal breakthrough needed to substantially reduce the cost of space access. The majority of the launch cost comes from building the rocket, which historically has flown only once. Compare that to a commercial airliner – each new plane costs about the same as Falcon 9 but can fly multiple times per day and conduct tens of thousands of flights over its lifetime. Following the commercial model, a rapidly reusable space launch vehicle could reduce the cost of traveling to space by a hundredfold. While most rockets are designed to burn up on reentry, SpaceX rockets can not only withstand reentry but can also successfully land back on Earth and refly again. SpaceX’s family of Falcon launch vehicles are the first and only orbital class rockets capable of reflight. Depending on the performance required for the mission, Falcon lands on one of our autonomous spaceport droneships out on the ocean or one of our landing zones near our launch pads.