Hanspeter Schaub, Professor in Aerospace Engineering Science and Incoming AES Chair
Describe one of your favorite traditions.
Having friends over for dinner where we spend hours eating, drinking and laughing. I enjoy these small socials where the focus is on good food and good company.
What is an ordinary moment in your life that brings you joy?
Walking the dogs each day. We have always had large Great Pyrenees dogs and spoil them regularly.
What do you most like to do to unwind?
I enjoy hanging out with our dogs, traveling, as well as doing the various home improvements in our mountain home.
What has been your favorite work or personal project so far?
My favorite project so far is working with LASP on the Emirates Mars mission called Hope. This was an amazing collaboration where we got to push the technical envelope on how to fly a deep space mission. My LASP collaborators Daniel Kubitschek and Scott Piggott were a joy to work with.
Where is the best place you’ve traveled to and why?
There have been so many, but I’d have to pick Antartica. It is a place I’ve always wanted to visit and we finally got to do this for our honeymoon trip in 2014.
What’s something most people don’t know about you?
I’m a skydiver with over 1600 jumps and 24 hours of freefall time. I used to compete at the National Collegiate Skydiving championships where we won several categories over the years. I became the first civilian (non military academy) skydiver to win the 'Overall Parachuting Champion' award.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Pastries. They are my “happy food” if I need a pick me up during the week.
What was the first concert you attended?
This was a concert by Genesis in Houston for their Invisible Touch tour.
