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Author Archives: A.C. Charania

A.C. Charania is the Senior Vice President of Space Business Development at Zeno Power. Most recently, he served as NASA’s Chief Technologist, advising the agency on technology strategy. He previously worked in the commercial aerospace industry for more than two decades delivering disruptive innovations in lunar exploration, commercial spaceflight, planetary defense, aviation autonomy and launch vehicle/hypersonic programs. 

Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean extracts the fuel element of a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) from storage on the lunar module on the Moon. Credit: NASA
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The next space race will be won at night

by Alan Campbell, A.C. Charania, Tim Crain and Elizabeth Kryst October 23, 2025

The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there.

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