Jay Buckey

Recognized under Tier 4 — Life Support & Closed-Loop Systems, Jay Buckey contributes to space medicine and telemedicine research at Dartmouth College. A former NASA astronaut who flew on the Neurolab Spacelab mission, Buckey also conducts academic research on delivering medical care in remote, resource-limited environments — a uniquely grounded combination of perspectives for keeping crews healthy on a Mars mission. Buckey's telemedicine research, enabling expert medical consultation and guidance across large distances, is particularly relevant given that Mars colonists will need to manage significant medical issues largely on their own, with Earth-based support subject to communication delays of up to 24 minutes each way.