Mason Peck is the Stephen J. Fujikawa professor of Astronautics at Cornell University, where his research currently focuses on spacecraft system architectures, attitude dynamics and control, and practices for technology development and innovation. His past research includes chip-scale spacecraft, propellantless orbit maneuvers, and spacecraft actuation with control-moment gyroscopes. He directs the Space Systems Design Studio, the home of Cornell’s space technology flight-experiment projects, including Kicksat-1, the first crowdfunded spacecraft. From late 2011 to early 2014 he served as NASA’s Chief Technologist, the agency’s lead strategist and advisor on matters of technology development.