 Tom
Palo
Mission Assurance Manager - GPB
Launch Services
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Tom Palo is the NASA KSC Launch
Services Program (LSP) Mission Assurance
Manager for Gravity Probe-B. He
and the Safety & Mission Assurance
Office (SMAO) are responsible for
NASA oversight of the launch vehicle
safety and mission assurance processes.
Tom is also the LSP Safety Officer.
Tom joined the NASA and the LSP
Safety and Mission Assurance Office
in 2000, and has most recently been
the Mission Assurance manger for
the ICESat/CHIPSat Missions from
Vandenberg AFB. Tom came from the
45th Space Wing Range Safety Office,
where he worked for ten years on
more than twenty Department of Defense,
commercial, and NASA missions.
Tom was originally a Connecticut
resident, where he worked for the
Navy at Sikorsky Aircraft in Aeromechanics
Engineering, and in private industry
as a cryogenic instrument manufacturing
and R&D engineer.
Tom graduated from the Fairfield
University School of Engineering
with a Bachelor of Science Degree
in Mechanical Engineering. He also
has a Master of Business Administration
with a Finance Major from the University
of New Haven.
Tom lives in Melbourne, enjoys following
the Yankees (when they win), and
has volunteered for the Red Cross
and Salvation Army.
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