is go type private industry aerospace founded atlanta georgia august 1 2000 2000 08 01 headquarters atlanta georgia key people john r. olds phd ceo and principal engineer john e. bradford phd chief operating officer and president jordan shulman chief financial officer products aerospace engineering services and software brands spaceworks engineering spaceworks commercial spaceworks software number of employees 15 subsidiaries generation orbit launch services inc. go terminal velocity aerospace llc tva blink astro llc blink website www.sei.aero spaceworks enterprises inc. sei is an aerospace engineering company based in atlanta ga that specializes in the design and assessment of advanced space concepts for both government and commercial customers . contents 1 history 2 overview 3 references 4 external links history edit sei was founded in 2000 by dr. john r. olds then a tenured professor in the school of aerospace engineering at the georgia institute of technology in atlanta ga. 1 2 the firm was previously known as spaceworks engineering inc. and officially changed its name in 2011 . in 2011 sei was named the 39th fastest growing engineering firm in the united states according to the 2011 inc. 500 5000 list . 3 spaceworks received the 2015 georgia small business of the year award from the georgia chapter of the national defense industries association on february 8th 2016 . 4 overview edit spaceworks enterprises sei based in atlanta ga specializes in independent concept development economic analysis technology impact assessment and systems analyses for future space systems and projects . along with custom analyses sei develops software and apps for the aerospace field . the company has created three subsidiary companies to support various business lines . these include generation orbit launch services inc. go terminal velocity aerospace llc tva and blink astro llc blink . sei has three primary lines of business spaceworks engineering spaceworks commercial and spaceworks software . current projects currently analyzing the creation of a torpor inducing transfer habitat for human stasis to mars . 5 6 7 8 9 this project was originally funded through a nasa innovative advanced concepts niac phase i award . 10 11 the niac award was featured in a number of online publications including space.com 12 forbes 13 scientas.nl 14 and the guardian express . 15 sei continues to mature this concept and approach to support human exploration . actively tracks the small satellite industry and provides projections based on the data that is collected . sei annually publishes these projections for the nano microsatellite 50 kg market and provides custom market assessment to government and commercial customers for all satellite classes . 16 17 18 19 20 development of the quickshot trajectory simulation and optimization tool as a modern software package to replace legacy industry tools such as nasa s program to optimize simulated trajectories post and optimization through implicit simulation otis . the software is sold commercially . created the spaceport field guide spfg which is a customized google map that identifies worldwide launch sites and associated facilities . spfg is a free resource to the aerospace community . please note that sei has attempted to compile and maintain accurate information however no assertions are made as to the complete accuracy of this field guide . users are encouraged to submit suggested updates and corrections to help evolve this resource . developed the coral cost research & analogy library database and gui in microsoft excel . coral is used to organize programmatic performance and cost data for aerospace systems . published several original holiday cards on website . presented a paper titled cryogenic propulsive stages for human exploration beyond low earth orbit at the 2012 global space exploration conference glex 2012 in washington dc . the paper summarizes the results of a six month study that sei performed for united launch alliance . published the results of an internal study of a lunar lander concept to support missions from earth moon l2 to the lunar surface . founded the fastforward project an international study group investigating the commercial market for future high speed point to point flight for passengers and or cargo . 21 educational outreach each summer sei hosts the astro aerospace summer training & research opportunity for local area high school students . this is in addition to college internships that are hosted year round . astro is a project oriented experience during which participants work in teams to solve an aerospace engineering design problem . the teams conduct research and solve complex aerospace engineering challenges created for them by sei staff . each team is charged with creating a powerpoint presentation detailing their research analysis and solution to the challenge a mission patch designed entirely by the team that reflects their work and a prototype of their solution . sei also developed a free interactive astrodynamics lab for use by teachers and educators . it is designed for students at both the high school and college level . upon completion students should have a basic proficiency and understanding of how gravitational fields influence the orbit of satellites . previous projects participated on the artemis innovative management solutions team which worked to mature technologies and concepts for a space based solar power system known as sps alpha . nasa innovative advanced concepts niac sponsored the project . 22 assisted satrec initiative co. ltd. satrec initiative or si to market their products and services to united states customers through satrec initiative us si us . spaceworks represented si in the u.s. and managed the si us initiative until 2012 . supported the air force on its rbs and pathfinder efforts . sei provided independent aerodynamic trajectory and propulsion analysis of competing rbs and pathfinder approaches and also provided systems engineering and risk management support to afrl s chief engineer for pathfinder . 23 provided technical and graphics support to the 2010 2011 nasa darpa horizontal launch study team . the hls study explored near term air launch concepts capable of launching medium payloads to space . 24 25 foresight a small satellite mission concept developed by sei won the 2007 planetary society 99942 apophis mission design competition . 26 27 designed an asteroid mitigation mission concept referred to as madmen or modular asteroid deflection mission ejector node for use in planetary defense missions . 28 29 personnel from sei provided engineering analysis to the review of united states human space flight plans committee . supported nasa s constellation program via the ares project office as a member of the ducommon miltec team . participated on the orbital sciences corporation team for nasa s concept exploration and refinement ce & r study . supported the northrop grumman team on the first phase of the hypersonic weapon system development for the darpa falcon project . participated on the coleman research corp. now l 3 coleman aerospace team for darpa s responsive access small cargo affordable launch rascal program . served as a minor partner of astrobotic technology for the google lunar x prize from 2009 to 2010 . references edit dave smith 2011 07 11 . inc. 5000 applicant of the week spaceworks enterprises . retrieved 2011 07 23 . shawn jenkins 2008 12 01 . space for fun and profit . retrieved 2011 07 01 . spaceworks atlanta ga the inc. 5000 . inc. 2011 08 23 . retrieved 2011 08 25 . sei receives georgia small business of the year award . spaceworks enterprises inc. 2011 02 09 . retrieved 2016 02 09 . sleep the key to keeping space travel cheap . fox business network . 2014 10 09 . nasa studying humans rocketing to mars in a deep sleep . fox news . 2014 10 08 . deep sleep to get to mars scientists consider putting astronauts into torpor or deep sleep when sent to mars . medical daily . 2014 10 07 . nasa is considering deep sleep for human mars mission . wall street journal . 2014 10 08 . sleeper spaceship could carry first humans to mars in hibernation state . cnn . 2014 10 09 . niac 2013 phase i and phase ii selections . nasa . 2013 07 19 . john bradford 2013 07 19 . torpor inducing transfer habitat for human stasis to mars . nasa . mike wall 2013 08 26 . incredible technology how astronauts could hibernate on mars voyage . space.com . michael venables 2013 10 06 . space travel s efficient cheaper future sleeping your way to mars in a stasis habitat . forbes . caroline kraaijvanger 2013 10 12 . slapend naar mars reis naar mars wordt wellicht haalbaar als we onderweg een winterslaap houden . scientias.nl . douglas cobb 2013 07 20 . nasa funding suspended animation and 11 other cool ideas . guardian express . doug messier 2014 02 11 . spaceworks releases 2014 nano microsatellite market assessment . parabolic arc . spaceworks releases 2014 nano microsatellite market assessment . spaceref . 2014 02 13 . jeff foust 2014 08 11 . small satellites small launchers big business . the space review . growing small satellite market brings pricing technology challenges . micromanufacturing . debra werner 2014 08 08 . small satellite entrepreneurs suppliers part ways on pricing . spacenews . irene klotz 2009 12 07 . spaceships may speed consumer air travel . retrieved 2011 07 03 . orbital solar plants could help solve earth s energy crisis . november 2011 . usaf seeks reusable booster concepts . april 2010 . horizontal launch a versatile concept for assured space access pdf . december 2011 . retrieved 2012 06 14 . report of the horizontal launch study pdf . june 2011 . retrieved 2012 06 14 . paul rincon 2008 02 26 . us team wins asteroid competition . retrieved 2009 03 25 . the planetary society 2008 02 26 . projects apophis mission design competitionthe winning mission proposals . retrieved 2009 03 25 . richard gray 2007 02 25 . hollywood got it wrong this is how you stop an apocalyptic asteroid . retrieved 2007 02 26 . brill louis ; coledan stefano 2004 . tech watch robots dig in to defend earth . popular mechanics august 2004 19 . retrieved 2011 07 14 . external links edit spaceworks enterprises inc. sei official website generation orbit launch services inc. go official website terminal velocity aerospace llc tva official website blink astro llc official website projects apophis mission design competition the winning mission proposals website all in a day s work eat chinese takeout save planet earth project summary modular asteroid deflection mission ejector node madmen website article georgia led team wins cash for space rock tracking plan 27 february 2008 article competition for asteroid hunter announces winner 26 february 2008 spaceworks engineering inc. sei on youtube november 4 2009 seeking a human spaceflight program worthy of a great nation robots designed to fight killer asteroids u.s. air force 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