Hayden Burgoyne
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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4
Total Citations
17
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About
Hayden Burgoyne is a visionary aerospace engineer whose work redefines humanity’s path to the Red Planet and beyond. His research centers on in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), planetary protection, and crewed mission architecture for Mars and its moons. Burgoyne’s most cited paper, “Concept for a Fully In Situ Resource-Derived Habitat for Martian Environment” (2016, 7 citations), proposes a groundbreaking shift from Earth-dependent habitats to structures built from Martian regolith—a critical step toward sustainable colonization. He further advanced deep-space exploration with “Advanced concept for a crewed mission to the martian moons” (2017, 5 citations), detailing a 343-day mission to Deimos and Phobos. His innovative thinking earned him first place in the 2016 IMaGInE Mission competition. More recently, Burgoyne tackled a frontier challenge in “Resurfacing: An Approach to Planetary Protection for Geologically Active Ocean Worlds” (2022, 3 citations), offering a novel strategy to prevent contamination of potentially life-bearing icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. By bridging engineering ingenuity with astrobiological ethics, Burgoyne is shaping the next era of human and robotic exploration—from Martian habitats to the ocean worlds of the outer solar system.
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