Books By Scott Madry, Peter Martinez, Rene Laufer - Author

Dr. Rene Laufer is working at the Institute of Space Systems of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in collaboration with the Space Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is project manager of the Stuttgart small moon satellite “Lunar Mission BW1”. Rene’s areas of expertise include astronomical, lunar and planetary exploration and systems engineering. The special focus of his systems engineering skill is in optimizing the design for small scientific satellite missions  and arranging for their launch. His current research interests are thus focused on small satellite technology and development, future lunar and planetary exploration and utilization as well as Earth observation. Until 2003 Rene worked for nearly ten years at German Aerospace Center (DLR) in planetary exploration supporting missions in different roles. Rene graduated in Aerospace Engineering at Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and received his PhD from the University of Stuttg