Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting. He has written on U. S. space policy as well as NASA's human and space science initiatives.
Mark was recognized by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and Headliners Foundation as well as the Chronicle in 2004 for news coverage of the shuttle Columbia tragedy and its aftermath.
He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from Kansas State University.
The U.S. should stay the course with the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule to underpin NASA’s human deep-space exploration ambitions, while fostering a growing commercial presence in low Earth orbit as the U.S. undergoes a transition in presidential administrations, industry and government veterans say.
NASA’s Space Launch System could become a key player in plans to develop and deploy future generations of space-based observatories equipped to unlock the mysteries of the universe and seek out Earth-like planets around other stars, according to House panel testimony.
