Edward Kiker graduated from Harvard University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Lunar Geology. With 39 years of federal services, he was an executive officer of SMDC’s Chief Technology Office, retired at the command’s Redstone Arsenal headquarters.

Edward is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Kepler Space Institute, he also serves as the Chief Scientist developing initiatives in space exploration, philosophy, arts, and technologies related to space. He is currently working on Moon/Mars concepts for robotic exploration of lava tubes for possible habitation, design of habitation modules, prime power, industrial shops, surface operations, vehicles, and philosophy of why we should explore and live in space.