Amir Ansari
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Amir Ansari (Persian: امیر انصاری) is an American chief technology officer and co-founder of Prodea Systems.
Along with his sister-in-law Anousheh Ansari, he made a multimillion-dollar contribution to the Ansari X Prize foundation on May 5, 2004, the 43rd anniversary of Alan Shepard's sub-orbital spaceflight. The X Prize was officially renamed the Ansari X Prize in honor of their donation.
Ansari was born in 1970 in Tehran, Iran, and immigrated to the United States before the Iranian Revolution. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science at George Mason University. Along with his brothers Hamid and Anousheh, he founded Telecom Technologies, Inc. in 1993 and served as the company's chief technical officer. The company was acquired by Sonus Networks, Inc. in January 2001.
Prodea has announced[when?] the formation of a partnership with Space Adventures, Ltd. and the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation to create a fleet of suborbital spaceflight vehicles for global commercial use.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Space Future Journal - Suborbital Spaceflight To Be Developed". www.spacefuture.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ Boyle, Alan (2006-02-17). "New group to develop passenger spaceship". msnbc.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2020-01-28.