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Shane Robinson is currently a graduate student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Utah State University. Shane’s efforts on the Chimaera project are centered on the guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems for the rocket. He also is involved in the development of the Chimaera Flight Simulator. Outside the Chimaera project Shane is involved in using linear covariance techniques to perform rapid GNC analysis for NASA’s ALHAT program. Other recent projects that Shane has been involved with include: performing radiometric tracking baseline studies for the Constellation program at JPL in Pasadena CA, and the development of a concept of operations for post TLI and pre-LOI guidance/targeting contingencies for the Orion program. In addition, Shane has a Rocky Mountain Space Grant fellowship that supports his efforts to develop a simple multi-burn transearth injection targeting scheme for on-board applications.