Companies Bob Citron

1 companies

1.1 limpopo films pty. ltd.
1.2 adventure travel, inc.
1.3 spacehab
1.4 kistler aerospace
1.5 lunar transportation systems, inc.

companies

citron founded or co-founded 5 companies: limpopo films, pty. ltd. (1964); adventure travel, inc. (1976); spacehab, inc. (1984); kistler aerospace corporation (1993); , lunar transportation systems, inc. (2004).

limpopo films pty. ltd.

in 1964, while living in africa, citron founded limpopo films, pty. ltd. produce documentary films television. limpopo films produced wide variety of films 1964 1968 including man in ethiopia (which won numerous national , international awards), vigeland on life, ten thousand mile safari, zululand zambia, lions of gorongoza, crocodiles of nile, elephants of wankie, meteorite hunt, mystery of zimbabwe, , many others.

adventure travel, inc.

in 1976 citron founded american adventurer’s association (aaa), international organization adventurers. american adventurer’s association grew membership of on 10,000 , published monthly national magazine, adventure travel; monthly newsletter on worldwide adventure, adventure travel newsletter; , annual worldwide adventure travelguide (1978–1981). adventure travel magazine reached national circulation of on 100,000 , distributed on half dozen major international airlines. citron sold company ziff davis publishing company in 1981.

spacehab

in 1983 citron founded spacehab, inc., designs, builds, , operates space research laboratories , space logistics modules fly aboard space shuttle fleet. began space commercialization roots through development of privately owned, pressurized modules fly in shuttle’s cargo bay , double amount of working , living space available astronaut crew.

citron incorporated company in 1984 , company made initial public offering in 1995. company flew first module on space shuttle mission on june 21, 1993. spacehab modules citron , tom taylor invented have been primary payload on 17 space shuttle missions, including research missions on board fleet of orbiters, , resupply missions both russian space station mir , international space station (iss).

kistler aerospace

in 1993 citron , walter kistler founded kistler aerospace corporation develop reusable, low-cost rocketships take commercial satellites low earth , geosynchronous earth orbit provide logistic support international space station.

the k-1 world’s first reusable aerospace vehicle, designed deliver payloads orbit , provide low-cost alternative single-use launch vehicles. company intends k-1 rocketships become reliable, low-cost providers of launch services commercial , government payloads destined low earth orbit (leo), medium earth orbit (meo), , geosynchronous earth orbit (geo), cargo resupply , recovery flights , international space station (iss).

kistler aerospace corporation has raised on $600 million in private financing and, in 2006, received nasa contract $207 million further development of k-1 launch vehicle fleet.

lunar transportation systems, inc.

in 2004, after nasa announced plans return humans moon , build lunar base, citron , walter kistler founded lunar transportation systems, inc. (lts).

lunar transportation systems, inc. developing new lunar architecture has number of advantages on current known , evolving architectures. lts architecture uses new innovations modularity , flexibility, leading reduced development cost, faster development schedule, , better evolvability.

lts architecture enable nasa meet near-term strategic objectives, including sending small payloads lunar surface in few years, sending larger payloads lunar surface in succeeding years, , sending crews moon , earth end of next decade. in addition, lts architecture can provide routine logistic support lunar base being planned nasa.

lts privately financed company requires cooperation nasa in order raise private capital required design, build, ground test, flight test, , operate earth-moon transportation system.