Planetary Society logo
  • “Exploration is in our nature.” - Carl Sagan

Bruce Betts, Payload Manager

Bruce Betts, Payload Manager
Bruce Betts, Payload Manager Bruce Betts is The Planetary Society's Director of Projects. A planetary scientist, whose research has focused on telescopic, spacecraft and laboratory studies of planetary surfaces. Bruce earned Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford and a Ph.D. from Caltech. At NASA headquarters he managed planetary instrument development programs and served as a program scientist on NASA missions. At The Planetary Society, he has managed numerous projects including flight instrument projects. He writes for The Planetary Report and planetary.org, and hosts the weekly What's Up?" feature on Planetary Radio. He is an Adjunct Professor with Cal State Dominguez Hills and an Alumnus Senior Scientist with Planetary Science Institute." Paul Vanezis