Paul “Rusty” Thomas

Rusty Thomas has spearheaded the development of several significant projects, starting with Motorola’s Iridium satellite network, the first major commercial constellation. At SpaceX, he led production of the Dragon spacecraft and the reusable Falcon 9’s landing legs. In recent years, Rusty ran the DoD premier proliferated LEO demo Project Blackjack, founded Amazon’s Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) team, and oversaw technology for Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane. He brings over 35 years of experience in scaling and commercializing space infrastructure to EnduroSat at a pivotal moment, as the company’s new generation of ESPA-class satellite buses is poised to eliminate complexity and drastically reduce time-to-orbit.