Chris Carberry

Chris Carberry is the CEO and co-founder of Explore Mars, Inc. (Explore Mars), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit space advocacy organization. In this role, he oversees the annual Humans to Mars Summit, the largest annual conference focused on sending humans to Mars, and has spearheaded dozens of programs, projects, and outreach efforts. Before joining Explore Mars, Carberry served as Executive Director of The Mars Society. Carberry has presented oral (and written) testimony to both the United States Senate as well as the United States House of Representatives. He is also the author of over 100 articles that have appeared in publications around the world and has been featured in over 100 national and international television, radio programs, and podcasts. Carberry is the author of The Music of Space (2024) and Alcohol in Space: Past, Present, and Future (2019), which has been adapted into a documentary film being released in 2024. Carberry is co-editing a book called A Future Spacefaring Society for Springer to be released in 2025.