Professor David Swanson is an accomplished space expert with degrees in electrical engineering, space operations and military arts. A retired Air Force Colonel, Professor Swanson has experience in both the military and commercial industry developing and maintaining a full range of space systems to include technical expertise in satellite buses, payloads, launch vehicles, missiles, ground control systems, user equipment and ground sensors. The missions he's mastered span communications, precision navigation and timing, space lift, space situational awareness, space control, missile warning, missile defense, weather monitoring, satellite command and control and land-based strategic deterrence.