Chris Carberry is CEO and co-founder of Explore Mars, Inc. and Chief Content Officer for Culture in Space Productions. Prior to his tenure with Explore Mars, Carberry served as Executive Director of The Mars Society. Carberry is the author of the book Alcohol in Space: Past, Present, Future (2019) and The Music of Space (2024), and he has published over 100 articles around the world.
Carberry has extensive political and policy outreach experience with the United States Congress and Executive branch and has testified to both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Prior to joining the space exploration community, Carberry worked as an historical researcher and archivist. A documentary adaptation of Alcohol in Space was released in 2024, and a film adaptation of The Music of Space is currently in production..
Rick Zucker, Vice President, Policy, for Explore Mars, Inc., is a leader in space advocacy, having written, co-authored, and/or edited numerous articles/OpEds on space policy/space advocacy. He also chairs the "Legislative Blitz", an annual grassroots visit to Washington, DC by the Space Exploration Alliance, a collaboration of non-profit space advocacy organizations. Rick is a member of the Development/Writing Team for the Humans to Mars Report, an annual report that provides a comprehensive analysis of progress in the technical, political, and scientific fields, as well as in public perception and STEM education fields, relative to the human exploration of Mars. Rick is also one of the senior editors/co-chairs of the annual reports generated by the annual Achievability and Sustainability of Human Exploration of Mars Workshops.
Rick is an attorney, recently retired, and is an experienced trial and appellate attorney, with over 35 years in private practice. Rick received his law degree from New York University School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Politics from Brandeis University.
