Space Conference Speaker

Cliff McMurray

Freelance Writer

Years of ISDC:
2025

Find Them At:
Space Business

Clifford R. McMurray is a freelance writer whose work appears frequently in Ad Astra magazine. A science fiction reader and space activist from an early age, he has served on the NSS Board of Directors, including a term as Executive Vice-President and Policy Committee Co-Chairman. He has also chaired the space business track at the International Space Development Conference for several years, and was a founder of the NSS Space Blitz, a citizen lobbyist event held annually since 2004. He is a Fulbright Fellow and graduated summa cum laude from the MBA program at the University of Scranton in 2001.


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