
Tyler Ryan Bender is a Policy Analyst with the Beyond Earth Institute, and a federal contractor supporting the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation. His current work with Beyond Earth is focused on the potential long-term impact of NASA’s Artemis program. He is a Marine Corps veteran and has a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Tyler is also a former independent candidate for the U.S. Congress. During his brief, but inspired, 2018 campaign to represent Indiana’s 3rd district, he advocated for an end to partisan gridlock and stronger U.S. leadership in expanding humanity’s presence in outer space. Prior to transitioning to a career in space, he worked for a decade in broadband communications while he was raising his daughter.
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