:Rob Meyerson

Meyerson is the founder and CEO of Delalune Space, a management consulting firm providing advisory services to the aerospace, mobility, technology, and financial sectors.{{Cite web |title=Robert Meyerson – Leadership Advisory Board |url=https://lab.engin.umich.edu/members/rob-meyerson/ |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=lab.engin.umich.edu}} He is a board director or advisor to numerous organizations.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=C5 Capital Appoints Rob Meyerson, former President of Blue Origin, as Operating Partner |url=https://ifamagazine.com/article/c5-capital-appoints-rob-meyerson-former-president-of-blue-origin-as-operating-partner/ |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=IFA Magazine |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=16 February 2021 |title=Axiom raises $130M for its space station — and adds Blue Origin alum to its board |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/axiom-raises-130m-space-station-192729553.html |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Program that's fine-tuned to accelerate your work - ASCEND Space Event |url=http://www.ascend.events/experience/speaker/rob-meyerson/ |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=ASCEND |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-26 |title=Rob Meyerson, Former President of Blue Origin, Is Appointed as Operating Partner by C5 Capital |url=https://orbitaltoday.com/2020/11/26/rob-meyerson-former-president-of-blue-origin-is-appointed-as-operating-partner-by-c5-capital/ |access-date=2021-02-18 |website=Orbital Today |language=en}}

In 2021, it was announced that Meyerson, former Blue Origin president, would be joining Axiom's board of directors and that Axiom Space had raised $130m in a new round of funding.{{Cite web|last=Sheetz|first=Michael|date=2021-02-16|title=Private spaceflight specialist Axiom Space raises $130 million to become the latest space unicorn|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/16/axiom-space-raises-130-million-and-becomes-the-latest-space-unicorn.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=CNBC|language=en}}

Meyerson stated that Axiom Space is a force in the space sector, and it would enhance the vision for a secure global future.

Meyerson joined Blue Origin{{Cite web|title=Blue Origin|url=https://www.blueorigin.com/|access-date=2018-07-10|website=Blue Origin|language=en}} in 2003 as program manager later becoming the first company president. Working with company founder Jeff Bezos, Meyerson grew the company from 10 to 1500 people. Under Meyerson's leadership, Blue Origin developed the New Shepard{{Cite web|title=New Shepard|url=https://www.blueorigin.com/new-shepard|access-date=2018-07-10|website=Blue Origin|language=en}} system for suborbital human and research flights, and the New Glenn{{Cite web|title=New Glenn|url=https://www.blueorigin.com/new-glenn|access-date=2018-07-10|website=Blue Origin|language=en}} system for orbital human and research flights, as well as the manufacturing and test capabilities that enable these programs.{{Cite web|title=Engines|url=https://www.blueorigin.com/engines|access-date=2018-07-10|website=Blue Origin|language=en}} He also developed Blue Origin into a liquid rocket engine supplier, creating and selling the BE-3 LOX/LH2 rocket engine and the BE-4 LOX/LNG rocket engine to other companies.{{Cite web|title=Blue Origin Opens Up {{!}} SpaceNews Magazine|url=http://bt.e-ditionsbyfry.com/article/BLUE_ORIGIN_OPENS_UP/2384731/289258/article.html|access-date=2018-07-10|website=www.spacenewsmag.com|language=en}}

From January to November 2018, Meyerson was the senior vice-president in charge of the Advanced Development Programs business unit.

Before joining Blue Origin Meyerson was a senior manager at Kistler Aerospace Corporation responsible for the development of the K-1 reusable launch vehicle, the landing, and thermal protection systems of a two-stage reusable launch vehicle, as well as all technical activities related to Kistler's Space Launch Initiative contract with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.{{Cite web|title=Rob Meyerson's LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmeyerson/}}

Meyerson launched his career as an aerospace engineer at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) from 1985 to 1997 working {{cite journal| last1=Campbell | first1=C.H. |last2=Joosten | first2=B. K. | last3=Meyerson | first3=R.E. | year=1996 | title=Johnson Space Center Crew Return Vehicle Activities | journal=In Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space V | pages =392–398}} {{verify source |date=September 2023 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/826524661 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/820712822 cite #3 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. User:GreenC bot/Job 18}} on human spaceflight systems, including the aerodynamic design of the Space Shuttle orbiter drag parachute,{{cite web|title=SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER DRAG PARACHUTE DESIGN|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20110001620.pdf|accessdate=21 May 2018|website=Ntrs.nasa.gov|date=24 May 2001 }} as well as the overall design, integration, and flight test of a gliding parachute for the X-38 Crew Rescue Vehicle,{{cite web|last=Gibbs|first=Yvonne|date=12 August 2015|title=NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: X-38 Prototype Crew Return Vehicle|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-038-DFRC.html|accessdate=22 May 2018|website=Nasa.gov}} a crew return vehicle designed to return astronauts to earth from the International Space Station. Meyerson began with NASA in 1985 as a cooperative education student at JSC.

Originally from Southfield, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit,{{Cite news|url=https://thejewishnews.com/2017/11/21/former-detroiter-leads-blue-origins-privately-funded-quest-space-flight/|title=Former Detroiter leads Blue Origin's privately funded quest for space flight|date=2017-11-21|work=Detroit Jewish News|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en-US}} Meyerson earned a B.S. in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in engineering management from the University of Houston.

Meyerson has been a long-time advocate for outreach programs that provide work experience and sponsors Blue's internship program, which has inspired and encouraged many university-level students to pursue careers in the aerospace industry. In December 2016, Meyerson gave the commencement speech at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.{{Cite news|title=Blue Origin President to Speak at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach Fall Commencement Ceremony|language=en-US|work=Embry-Riddle Newsroom|url=https://news.erau.edu/headlines/blue-origin-president-to-speak-at-embry-riddle-daytona-beach-fall-commencement-ceremony/|access-date=2018-07-10}}

He is a trustee at the Museum of Flight in Seattle,{{Cite web|title=Trustees & Leadership {{!}} Museum of Flight|url=http://www.museumofflight.org/About-Us/trustees-leadership|access-date=2018-07-10|website=www.museumofflight.org|language=en}} a former member of the board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation,{{Cite web|title=About - Commercial Spaceflight Federation|url=http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/about-us/#board-emeritus|access-date=2018-07-10|website=www.commercialspaceflight.org|language=en-US}} and is a member of the Leadership Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan{{Cite web|title=University of Michigan Engineering|url=https://lab.engin.umich.edu/|access-date=2018-07-10|website=www.commercialspaceflight.org|language=en-US}} and a member of the Visiting Committee for the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at the University of Washington.{{Cite news|date=2016-04-06|title=Visiting Committee|language=en|work=Aeronautics and Astronautics|url=https://www.aa.washington.edu/people/vc|access-date=2018-07-10}}

He is an AIAA Fellow,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaa.org/2018-AIAA-Fellows/|title=AIAA Announces Its Class of 2018 Fellows and Honorary Fellows: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|website=www.aiaa.org|access-date=2018-07-10}} and a former member of the Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technical Committee.{{Cite book|url=https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/MADS99|title=15th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference|date=1999-06-08|publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|location=Reston, Virginia|doi=10.2514/mads99}} He was awarded the Space Flight Award by the American Astronautical Society in 2016. This award is given annually and is the highest award bestowed by the AAS.{{Cite web|url=http://astronautical.org/awards/space-flight/|title=Space Flight Award {{!}} American Astronautical Society|website=American Astronautical Society|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-17}}

Meyerson was inspired by the Apollo program and also by launching model rockets as a child. For his 5th birthday, he received a cardboard mock-up of the Apollo Lunar Module and remembers playing inside of it. He later found the ingredients for rocket fuel in a cigar box that had been placed in the rafters of his childhood home by his two older brothers.{{Citation|title=Rob Meyerson on SiriusXM with Rob Coneybeer|url=https://soundcloud.com/280vc/rob-meyerson-on-siriusxm-with-rob-coneybeer|language=en|access-date=2021-03-08}}{{Cite web|title=#01 Building Blue Origin with Rob Meyerson by SEDScast • A podcast on Anchor|url=https://anchor.fm/sedscast/episodes/01-Building-Blue-Origin-with-Rob-Meyerson-ef4bmg|access-date=2021-03-08|website=Anchor|language=en}}

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