Ariel Ekblaw is the co-founder and CEO of Aurelia Institute, where she combines research across science, engineering, art, and design to realize the future of space exploration. She has a PhD in Space Architecture from MIT and is the founder and past director of the MIT Space Exploration Initiative. She also serves on the NASA Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Executive Committee and is leading MIT’s To the Moon to Stay mission. She is the author of Into the Anthropocosmos. Her work has been featured in Wired magazine, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, and The Wall Street Journal as well as on NPR, CNN, and the BBC.