Ronnie Nader Bello
was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador July 10 1967. at
the age of 13 started studies of nuclear physics on its own and within
three years won first prize in the physics category of the first
national scholastic contest, capturing first prize again the following
year. In 1984 commenced studies in astrophysics, graduating first in his
high school class of 1986.
In 1987
starts pioneering research in artificial intelligence in Ecuador, in 1991,
designs and develops the first hybrid, multi-building, fiber optic,
mainframe-to-client-server banking architecture in Latin America.
The following year he designed and built Ecuador's first TCP/IP
client server network.
He graduated
with an MS in systems engineering in 1994 from the Universidad
Catolica Santiago de Guayaquil, where he was the director of the
campus computer lab until 1995, the same year he started his
specialization in Cybernetics in the PCP Project.
Also in 1995,
Mr. Nader began research in Astrobiology and designed Latin
America's first internet-to-fax and internet-to-beeper interfaces.
The next year he designed and developed Ecuador's first internet
commerce platform.
In 1999 and 2003
respectively, Mr. Nader designed and built Ecuador's first and
second generation cybernetic intelligent houses. Also in 2003, he
was Latin America's first to reach 65 mph on a wind-only powered
terrestrial vehicle and the country's first to surpass 1/4 the speed
of sound in a terrestrial vehicle.
Completed the TERC astrobiology teaching certification course in
2004, In 2006 started the development of the ‘Ecuador al Espacio’
Project, (Project ESAA) a privately funded astronautics initiative,
aimed to start the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Program, the first
civilian, non-governmental space program in history aimed to explore
and help the development of the suborbital space, with the main
emphasis in taking scientific experiments made by educational
institutions at no cost for them, in order to help raise interest in
science and to awake consciousness of the benefits for Ecuador in
exploiting the suborbital and GEO resource.
In 2007 the
project is recognized by the General Command of the Ecuadorian Air
Force (FAE) as the first Ecuadorian initiative in astronautics in
the history of the country and he as the first Ecuadorian astronaut
candidate.
On June 8 2007 Ronnie Nader becomes
officially the
first Ecuadorian astronaut in history
when completed
the
ASA/T (Advanced Suborbital Astronaut /Trained)
training program designed on the Gagarin Cosmonaut
Training Center on Moscow, Russia and first civilian in history to
reach such qualification without pertaining to a any space agency.
During the ASA/T
training he imposes some new records, a high gravity tolerance
record of 8.6 G's on the Nizhny Novogorod
air base, during a training flight on the MiG-29UB
jet fighter, added to the fact of flying
at 21 kms. at an speed of 2734 km/h (Mach 2.4)
during MiG-31E stratospheric
training, turns him into the Ecuadorian
citizen that has endured more gravity, flown higher and faster,
accordingly to the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) records.
He was also excused from the course of Orbital Mechanics during ASA/T
training because he could prove to his instructors that his
knowledge level in this science was far superior that the
requirements of the program.
In August 29 2007
publishes the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Program first and to date
only space program in the world to be managed and operated by an
NGO, at the same time he announces the creation of the
EXA, the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency, the first space
agency in the history of Ecuador.
In October 4th 2007
mans the
first aerospace exercise on Ecuador's aeronautics history,
executing a simulation of suborbital jump on board of a Mirage F1JE
of the Ecuadorian Air Force, manning the mission specialist post on
board the plane and reaching 6.1 G's.
On October 12 2007
he is awarded the 'Example for Youth' medal by the Ecuadorian
government.
On November 15 2007
proposes to
FAE the
project DAEDALUS, a scientific
project of his conception that will give the first Latin-American
microgravity plane to Ecuador, positioning the country as third in
the world after the US and Russia in acquiring this technology by
its own means and resources.
On April 10
2008 flies at the command of the first
aerospace research mission in Ecuadorian history, the
EXA/FAE-01, designed to capture
microgravity flight parameters using a device of its design and
making, the MGCP-MK3 on board of the
Mirage F1JE and achieving microgravity for
301 seconds.
This is the first mission of project DAEDALUS,
EXA and FAE
grants him the position of Aerospace Mission Commander
-CMAE-
On
May 6 2008 flies at the command of the second
aerospace research mission the EXA/FAE-02 onboard of the Sabreliner T-39 of FAE, achieving for Ecuador, alongside the
Ecuadorian Air Force, the
first
Latin-American microgravity plane. the plane is then rechristened
Fuerza-G Uno Cóndor
On June 19th 2008, flying at the Scientific Mission Command
of the EXA/FAE-06 Aerospace mission,
achieves for Ecuador the first world record, certified by GuinnessTM
of the
Youngest Human Being in Microgravity, when a fluid
dynamics scientific experiment is performed on board by his sons,
Gerard (10) and Jules (7) this last one now holds the record in the
name of Ecuador,
this was possible due the development of an special training program
called YMTP
developed by Nader for this project.
On October 22 2008,
EXA publishes the HIPERION report,
proving the depletion of the ozone layer over the equatorial
region of the planet, and also verifying that extreme levels
of UV radiation are reaching Ecuadorian, Peruvian and Colombian
territory, Nader was the head of the project HIPERION and designed
the HIPERION Reactive
Alert Network, which provides protection to more than 4 million
ecuadorians by the means of providing them
accurate and real time information about
UV levels for them to take action immediately, such network is the
first in the country's history
and up to date the most technologically advanced
in the region.
On September 8 2009, EXA announces the
existence of PROJECT HERMES, the
first Internet-to-Orbit gateway, during the
Small Satellites for Sustainable Developement symposium
organized byt the UNOOSA, the European Space Agency and the Austrian
Government: Ronnie Nader, the father and designer of the system is
invited then to demonstrate its use and to train scientists and
engineers of 34 countries in its use for the benefit of mankind all,
which is done successfully 2 days later, on September 10. This
becomes the first time that an Ecuadorian project is entitled with
such importance by the international astronautical community.
In November 2009, EXA launches the
A SATELLITE IN CLASSROOM
program, a world-class pioneering program that allows a simple
desktop computer to be turn into a virtual ground station for
downloading real time images from the NOAA meteorological satellites
and to be put in the classrooms, for students of 6 years old an up,
giving them the opportunity to gain a unprecedented level of contact
with 21st century technology and to inspire in them the interest in
sciences. The system was designed and built by Nader from the
grounds of the DELTA operation mode of Project HERMES.
On March 25 2010, he
is presented with the prestigious Global Citizenship Award granted
every year by the board of Trustees of Academia Cotopaxi after a
rigorous selection to persons who have impacted their communities
and mankind all with their work. past winners includes an
ex-president and many prominent social activists.
Ronnie Nader
speaks English, Spanish and Russian, he is
an amateur astronomer and
his favorite sport is the land sailing, he also enjoys reading,
martial arts and classical music as much as 80's music.