Space Conference Speaker

Kit Carson

CTO and Co-Founder, BlackStar Orbital Technologies Corporation

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With over 22 years of experience, Kit Carson is an accomplished engineer and entrepreneur. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of BlackStar Orbital Technologies Corporation.

Prior to founding BlackStar, Kit founded and led OSE-Rocket Tooling Systems, a space startup, as well as Carson & Associates, an engineering firm he operated for 17 years. Through Carson & Associates, Kit provided comprehensive departmental engineering services to companies across the aerospace, automotive, and space industries.

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