Greg Autry

Greg Autry

About Me

Dr. Greg Autry is Director of Space Leadership, Policy, and Business in the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a professor at Arizona State University. He holds appointments as an affiliate professor at ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative and as a visiting professor at Imperial College London.

Dr. Autry served on the NASA agency review team and as White House liaison at NASA. He was nominated by President Trump to serve as NASA’s chief financial officer and also served on the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) at the FAA. He is the vice president of the National Space Society.

Dr. Autry’s writings are frequently published in Foreign Policy, Forbes, and SpaceNews. He appears regularly on major media outlets and is widely quoted on space-related topics. He is a serial technology entrepreneur and the author of A New Entrepreneurial Dynamic (FlatWorld, 2022). He serves on the editorial review boards of the New Space Journal and the Journal of Space Safety Engineering. Dr. Autry holds an MBA and PhD from the University of California, Irvine.

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My Books

Red Moon Rising

How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier

Red Moon Rising

 

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A New Entrepreneurial Dynamic

21st Century Startups and Small Businesses

A New Entrepreneurial Dynamic

 

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Death by China

Confronting the Dragon - a Global Call to Action

Death by China

 

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A disruptive thought leader in the space community


Greg Autry is a disruptive thought leader in the space community. His policy recommendations have been intelligent and influential.

-- Dr. Robert Zubrin, President Mars Society, author “The Case for Mars.”

The consummate space professional


Greg Autry is the consummate space professional; from his days as a senior NASA leader, to running the nation’s premier space business school program, to his work with tech companies across a spectrum of industries, Greg’s industry knowledge and experience are unsurpassed.

-- Terry Virts, former NASA Astronaut, ISS Commander, USAF Col. (ret.)

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