Lt. Col. Robert Bowman, PhD, US Air Force (ret) -- Director of Advanced Space Programs Development under Presidents Ford and Carter. US Air Force fighter pilot with over 100 combat missions. (PhD in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering, Cal Tech). Former Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Assistant Dean at the US Air Force Institute of Technology. 22-year Air Force career. Also taught Mathematics and English at the University of Southern California, the University of Maryland, and Phillips University.