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Nathan Strange is a mission designer and aerospace engineer whose research sits at the intersection of solar electric propulsion, small body exploration, and human spaceflight architecture. He has made significant contributions to NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) concept, a bold initiative to capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it into translunar orbit for subsequent crewed investigation — work that earned him over 50 citations on its overview paper alone. Strange's research explores how innovative technologies like high-power solar electric propulsion can enable more affordable pathways to human exploration, including crewed missions to Phobos and the Martian surface using 100-kWe-class SEP systems. His collaborative work on spacecraft-rover hybrids offers a compelling and cost-effective architecture for systematically exploring small Solar System bodies such as asteroids, comets, and Martian moons. Through his participation in KISS workshops and multi-institutional collaborations, Strange has also been instrumental in articulating the broader strategic synergies between robotic asteroid redirection technologies and long-term human exploration goals. His body of work represents a pragmatic yet visionary approach to expanding humanity's reach into the deeper Solar System.