SpaceX Hires NASA Expert on Human Spaceflight as Crew Test Nears
- Gerstenmaier joins Musk’s company to consult on reliability
- Experience includes work on space station, shuttle, moon plan
Bill Gerstenmaier
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is turning to a longtime NASA spaceflight expert as it prepares to fly its first astronauts this year.
Bill Gerstenmaier has begun working as a consultant for the SpaceX reliability team, the company said Tuesday. He recently retired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration after a 42-year career in which he worked on the Space Shuttle program, the International Space Station and most recently the Artemis project to return astronauts to the moon.