1. Scott Norman Pace was born on January 23,1959 and currently serves as Director of the Space Policy Institute, Director of the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and Director of the MA International Science and Technology Policy program at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Scott Pace served as the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council from July 2017 to January 2021, when he resigned.
Scott Norman Pace was born on January 23,1959, in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA, the only child of Ord Boorem Pace and Nobie Kamei.
In 1980 Scott Pace received a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Harvey Mudd College and went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he got master's degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics and Technology and Policy in 1982.
Scott Pace worked for the RAND Corporation's Science and Technology Policy Institute from 1993 to 2001.
Scott Pace played a role in adding and preserving radio navigation satellite spectrum at the 1997 and 2000 World Radiocommunication Conferences.
Scott Pace was a member of Department of Defense Senior Review Group on Commercial Remote Sensing and the National Research Council's Committee on Earth Sciences.
Scott Pace is a member of the board of trustees of the Universities Space Research Association, a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and a member of the board of governors of the National Space Society.
September 2008 Scott Pace became a professor of the practice of international affairs at George Washington University.
Scott Pace was named the director of the Space Policy Institute at that university's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Scott Pace serves on the board of trustees of the Summer Science Program.
Scott Pace was the chair of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Space Policy Advisory Group.
Scott Pace said a return to the Moon is doable, but it is hard to figure out when NASA could achieve this.
Scott Pace was appointed as a NASA associate administrator by George W Bush and supported Bush's plan to return to the moon.
Scott Pace was disappointed that President Barack Obama cancelled those plans.
On July 13,2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Scott Pace to be the Executive Secretary of the National Space Council.
Scott Pace's selection was expected and warmly received by those in government and industry.