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James Waldie was a Research Scholar at the University of California San Diego's Space Physiology Laboratory, completing his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at RMIT University in 2005. He was involved in a NASA/Honeywell project to develop experimental flexible spacesuits, using mechanical counter pressure (MCP) technology. James is the Project Manager of MarsSkin at the Mars Society of Australia developing MCP simulation suits, and has been on the crew of Jarntimarra-1 (Australian Outback), Expedition One (MDRS, Utah), Expedition Two (Arkaroola, South Australia) and Leonardo (MDRS, Utah). James attended the International Space University Summer School in Adelaide in 2004 and the Next Generation Exploration Conference at NASA Ames in 2006. For the last 4 years James has also been working on the design and operations of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at BAE Systems in Melbourne. | 