Mark Smith

Professional Summary

Mark Smith is a pioneering aerospace logistics engineer specializing in supply chain optimization for Earth-Moon space stations. With expertise in orbital mechanics, AI-driven resource allocation, and interplanetary inventory management, Mark designs adaptive systems to ensure the precise delivery of critical supplies (fuel, life support, scientific payloads) across cislunar space. His work addresses the unique challenges of balancing launch windows, orbital dynamics, and stochastic demand in the most complex supply chain environment humanity has ever created.

Core Innovations & Methodologies

1. Dynamic Orbital Logistics

• Develops multi-agent reinforcement learning models that:

  • Optimize launch schedules by integrating Earth weather, lunar libration cycles, and solar storm forecasts

  • Allocate propellant reserves across Lagrange points (L1–L5) with 99.7% utilization efficiency

  • Route autonomous cargo tugs using low-energy ballistic transfers (e.g., Weak Stability Boundary trajectories)

2. Risk-Aware Inventory Control

• Creates stochastic inventory models for:

  • Perishables: Oxygen/water buffers accounting for 6σ leakage events

  • Spare parts: 3D-printing feedstock stock levels based on failure mode analysis

  • Science payloads: Just-in-time delivery for experimental windows

3. Human-Machine Collaboration

• Designs mixed-initiative interfaces allowing astronauts to:

  • Override AI recommendations via explainable decision trees

  • Simulate "what-if" scenarios in VR with real-time orbital mechanics visualization

Career Milestones

• Architected the Artemis Logistics Cloud now managing 84% of NASA’s lunar Gateway resupply missions

• Reduced emergency resupply launches by 62% through predictive demand modeling

• Patented a blockchain-based manifest system for multi-national cargo auditing