Background
Sponable, Jess M. was born on November 29, 1955 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Edson J. and Helen D. (Williams) Sponable.
physicist Astronautical engineer
Sponable, Jess M. was born on November 29, 1955 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Edson J. and Helen D. (Williams) Sponable.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, United States Air Force Academy, 1978; Master of Science in System Management, University of Southern California, 1981; Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute Technology, 1982.
Launch vehicle engineer 6595th Space Test Group, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 1978-1981. Manned space flight engineer space Shuttle SPO, Los Angeles Air Force Station, 1983-1986. Chief mission operations division Global Positioning System JPO, 1983-1986.
Chief space application National Aerospace Plan JPO, Wright-Patterson, Ohio, 1987-1990. Program manager single stage rocket technical Strategic Defense Initiative, Washington, 1991-1994. Program manager Military Seaplane Technology Program Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1994—1998.
Vice president flight operations Universal Space Lines, 1998—2001. Focus area lead Space Access & Future Strike, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, since 2001.
Active Boy Scouts, Roseville, California, 1967-1973. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member National Space Society.
Married Debra A. Hamlin, April 16, 1983. 1 child, Christopher Jay.