Dr Paul Scully-Power AM DSM is Australia’s first astronaut and flew on the space shuttle Challenger on the 13th mission of the Space Shuttle.
Dr Scully-Power qualified for very high-altitude full pressure suit flying at Edwards Air Force Base California and was a flight crew technical instructor in the Astronaut Office, Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, prior to going to space.
He has broad experience in defence, national security & intelligence, aviation & aerospace, remote sensing, and has a wide-ranging spectrum of subject matter expertise in cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, hypersonics, smart sensors, UAVs, nanotechnology, microsatellites, and systems analysis & ICT.
He has been Chairman, President, Executive Director, CEO and CTO in the private sector, and has served with the Royal Australian Navy, the UK Royal Navy, the US Navy, NASA, the Pentagon, and the White House.
He has served as Chairman of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Chancellor of Bond University, CTO of the Tenix Group (Australia’s largest sovereign defence company), and Chairman of the Queensland Premier’s S&T Council. He was elected a Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors for eight years and was a Director of the Australian Trade Commission for five years.
Dr Scully-Power is a Doctor of Science in Applied Mathematics and has published over ninety international scientific reports and journal articles, including the Royal Society’s Bakerian Lecture.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Liveryman of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, Freeman of the City of London, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Senior Fellow of the International Strategic Studies Association in Washington, DC, and a Life Member of the Space Industry Association of Australia.
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