Background
Bernasconi, Marco Cornelio was born on July 13, 1950 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Son of Rinaldo and Cornelia (Necchi) Bernasconi.
researcher aerospace company executive
Bernasconi, Marco Cornelio was born on July 13, 1950 in Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Son of Rinaldo and Cornelia (Necchi) Bernasconi.
Master of Engineering, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1974. Doctor of Science in Technology, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 1979.
Project engineer, manager space department Contraves AG, Zurich, 1978-1987, technical supervisor space department, since 1987. President Euroavia Zurich, 1973-1974. Consultant Orbitine Unification Ring Satellite Project, Embrach, Switzerland, since 1986.
President Thomas Jefferson Association, Vezia, Switzerland, since 1971. Served with Swiss Air Force. Fellow British Interplanetary Society.
Member American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Cristina Ghirlanda, May 19, 1979. Children: Alessandro Marco, Massimo Luca.