Biography

Chris Ostrom is an orbital debris engineer at the Johnson Space Center whose work contributes to the development, documentation, and operation of multi-fidelity computer models for orbital debris. He also leads the NASA Orbital Debris Program Office (ODPO) Safety Standards and Assessments (SSA) task group. He develops and tests software solutions to engineering problems across a variety of disciplines. An essential part of this process is the evaluation of risk generated by launch, deployment, operation, and disposal of spacecraft and launch vehicles.