Erik Seedhouse is an associate professor in Spaceflight Operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach. He is also the Manager of ERAU's Advanced Spaceflight Technology Research Applications (ASTRA) Lab. Between 2008 and 2013 he was director of Canada’s manned centrifuge operations and managed the hypobaric facility at DRDC Toronto. In 2009 he was one of the final 30 candidates in the Canadian Space Agency’s Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. Erik is a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Handbook of Life Support Systems for Spacecraft and a published author, with more than 30 books to his name. Erik holds a private pilot's license, scuba certification, and has more than 50 sky-dives to his name. When he's not teaching he can be found in the high mountains, working towards his 7 Summits project, having reached the summits of Elbrus, Aconcagua, Kilimanjaro, Denali and the South Summit of Everest.