Les
Johnson is the Deputy Manager for NASA’s Advanced Concepts Office at the
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. He is also the
co-investigator on a Japanese space experiment that will fly in 2010. During
his career at NASA, he served as the Manager for the Space Science Programs
and Projects Office, the In-Space Propulsion Technology Project, and the
Interstellar Propulsion Research Project. He was the Chief Scientist for the
ProSEDS space experiment, twice received NASA's Exceptional Achievement
Medal, and has 3 patents.