Christopher Altman
| Christopher Altman | |
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| Commercial Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Active |
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Other occupation
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Quantum Physicist |
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Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft University of Technology International Academy Traunkirchen Austria University of Amsterdam |
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| Selection |
NASA · 2009 Association of Spaceflight Professionals · 2011 |
| Awards |
Japanese Fulbright Guinness World Records RSA International Security Outstanding Achievement in Government Policy DoD-DoE High-Performance Computing Fellowship |
| Website | Quantum Astronaut |
NASA · 2009
Christopher Altman is an American physicist, quantum technologist, international diplomat and NASA-trained commercial astronaut.
Altman has held positions at advanced research and development centers including multidisciplinary, Deep Future research institute Starlab, NASA Ames Research Center and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, as Chairman for the UNISCA First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, as senior scientist at an astronaut training base on a volcano in Hawai‘i, and as part of the US Government's fast-track QuIST Program in the global race to reach quantum supremacy.
His contributions have been recognized with honors and awards including the AIEJ Japanese Fulbright fellowship, the Guinness Book of World Records, the annual RSA Information Security Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Policy, a joint US Department of Defense–Department of Energy Salishan High-Performance Computing graduate fellowship, consecutive Templeton fellowships in theoretical physics with the Zeilinger group at Internationale Akademie Traunkirchen, appointments to diplomatic and humanitarian aid missions worldwide as Extraordinary Ambassador at Large for Peace, Human Rights, Space and Next-Generation Technologies.
As NASA-trained commercial astronaut, Director of the Board and Chief Science Officer for the world's first commercial astronaut corps then as Director with the Tau Zero Interstellar Foundation, successor to the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program, Altman has explored science and technology at the boundaries of quantum mechanics and relativistic spaceflight. His inaugural keynote address as a candidate with the commercial astronaut corps was broadcast live to 108 sister cities around the world. NASA allocated funding to the corps for its first manned spaceflights the following spring.
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