Shubber Ali's Page

I'm a reformed (mostly) space tragic who has worked in or around the space industry (even though there is no such thing) for over a decade. Formerly manager of KPMG's Space Consulting group, co-founder of a few startups (some successful, some not), and the creator and primary author of the Space Cynic blog.

Dubbed the "last horseman of the apocalypse" at the Space Frontier Foundation conference for my decidedly pragmatic (some would say pessimistic) views on the hype and kool-aid regularly served at such functions. For some reason I still get invited to speak at these events...