Aaron Kemmer

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Aaron Kemmer
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Aaron Kemmer during Parabolic Flight
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, advisor, business manager, program developer, and entrepreneur
Known forFounded multiple companies, including the in-space manufacturing company Made In Space, Inc. and the virtual assistant on demand company Magic.

Aaron Kemmer is an entrepreneur, advisor, business manager and program developer. He founded multiple companies, including the in-space manufacturing company Made In Space, Inc. and the virtual assistant on demand company Magic.

Career

In 2010, Kemmer co-founded a space manufacturing company, Made In Space. It was born out of the Singularity University's NASA Ames program, [1] with the goal of enabling humanity’s future in space. It He served as the company's CEO and President for the initial five years of the company before becoming Chairman in 2015. Aaron Kemmer is the co-founder and current chairman of Made In Space, Inc. [2] [3]

In February 2015, Kemmer co-founded Magic. [4] The basic idea was to help out people that are spending too much time figuring how to get the things they want. [5]

Kemmer was a judge for the Miss Earth 2022 international pageant. [6]

Kemmer was selected along with the co-founders of Made In Space to be in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2015 for creating the first 3-D printer functional in zero gravity. [7] It is used on the International Space Station for creating custom tools for astronauts. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. "3D printing and space, together at last". CNET . June 2, 2013.
  2. "Made In Space - Aaron Kemmer". Archived from the original on 2016-04-20.
  3. "The First 3-D Printer in Space Makes Its First Object: A Spare Part". NBC News. November 25, 2014.
  4. "Magic Is A Startup That Promises To Bring You Anything If You're Willing To Pay For It - Tech Crunch".
  5. Furr, Laura (March 5, 2015). "NEW STARTUP PULLS MAGIC OUT OF HAT, ANALYSTS FEAR A DISAPPEARING ACT". Medill Reports Chicago.
  6. Bracamonte, Earl D. C. "Korea wins Miss Earth 2022, Philippines in Top 20". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  7. "Space Cadets Far Out Innovations From The Forbes 30 Under 30".
  8. "3D printing in space: the next big business?". america.aljazeera.com.
  9. "Made in Space created a robotic factory to build satellites in orbit". www.cnbc.com. 23 June 2018.
  10. "NASA prepares for 3-D manufacturing in space". phys.org.