Jack Emmerson

Aerospace Engineering Undergrad, Analogue Astronaut and Aspiring Pilot.

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Portfolio

A selection of projects and experiments.

Presenter

MAPS Mars Human Precursor Program

Coming Soon. I will be presenting on behalf of the RMIT Spaceflight team along with our MIT peers about our Mars Human Precursor mission: MAPS (Mars Advanced Precursor System). You can checkout our paper here: MAPS IAC Paper

IAC conference logo
RMIT HIVE AURC payload team imagery

Payload Team Lead

RMIT University HIVE AURC

Lead a team of 6 to integrate our Capstone drone "Hardi" (High Altitude Response Drone Intelligence) into the RMIT HIVE Atlas rocket for valuable data collection for our system in a high-g high vibration environment. We achieved an innovation award for our effort in the competition.

Asclepios Analogue Astronaut

EPFL Asclepios Analogue astronaut mission VI

Selected out of a pool of 400+ applicants for Phase D of the selection process where I was flown to Switzerland for assessment on my physical, mental and teamwork aptitude. Was ultimately chosen for the Asclepios VI Mission along with 9 other applicants. Find out more on their website: Asclepios.ch

EPFL Asclepios recruitment poster
Fleet architecture chart for NASA RASC-AL

2025 NASA RASC-AL Co-Lead

RMIT × MIT = R(MIT)² NASA RASC-AL Competition Team

Co-led a team of 20+ students from RMIT and MIT for the 2025 NASA RASC-AL Competition. We developed our MAPS program on the theme of Mars Human Precursor Missions, and proposed a solution involving 5 missions over the span of a decade in the early 2030s.

2024 NASA RASC-AL Team Lead

RMIT, Khalifa University, Clarkson University

Finalists in the program, I was flown to Cocoa Beach, Florida to present to judges from NASA and other leading private space companies for our "AUTONOMY" system. This system was designed to harvest regolith on asteroid surfaces to print other systems and exponentially grow like von neumann probes. Checkout our video submission: Autonomy - 2024 NASA RASC-AL (Youtube)

RASC-AL 2024 team artwork
Light sport aircraft flight

Student Pilot

Topaz Rotax 912 Engine, Civilian

Several supervised hours in the Topaz aircraft.

Engineering Intern

Yarra Trams, Melbourne CBD

Assisted with reliability analysis and on-network technical operations in Australia’s largest tram system. Worked on the "Rhino on a skateboard" safety campaign, Tram depot bird laser and 3D printed replacement of obselencent parts.

Yarra Trams Melbourne CBD
Image © ESA