Dr. Thomas Matula is a Professor of Business Administration at Sul Ross State University. Sul Ross State University is located in southwest Texas and includes two FAA licensed spaceports in its service region. For over 30 years he has done research on the economic development of space. Dr. Matula’s most recent research has been on strategies for developing sustainable space communities and their potential benefits to the Earth. Dr. Matula earned his BGS in General Studies from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 1983, an MBA in Management from New Mexico State University in 1986 and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from New Mexico State University in 1994. While at New Mexico State University he was part of the Southwest Regional Spaceport Task Force (now Spaceport America) and used the proposed commercial spaceport as his dissertation topic. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Space Renaissance Congress and with the Space Renaissance Academy.
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