Taber MacCallum
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Taber MacCallum is one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2
. As one of the eight participants of the two-year mission inside the 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) materially closed ecological system, MacCallum served as the team's analytical chemist.
In 1993, MacCallum co-founded Paragon Space Development Corporation
with several engineers and fellow biospherian and wife Jane Poynter
. He is currently CEO and Chairman of the Board for Paragon. Using Paragon's Autonomous Biological Systems, he was the Principal Investigator on four microgravity experiments on the Space Shuttle
, Mir Space Station and International Space Station
.
MacCallum is involved in the design of life support and thermal control systems for commercial manned suborbital spacecraft, as well as hazardous environment life support technology development for the US Navy divers. Taber MacCallum has also functioned at every level of command on a research vessel, sailing to over 40 ports and more than 30000 miles (48,280.2 km) around the world. He is a certified Dive Controller and Advanced Open Water Diving Instructor.
MacCallum currently resides in Tucson, Arizona with his wife, fellow biospherian, business partner and author Jane Poynter
. Taber and Jane married a year after exiting Biosphere 2.
Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is a structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO...
. As one of the eight participants of the two-year mission inside the 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) materially closed ecological system, MacCallum served as the team's analytical chemist.
In 1993, MacCallum co-founded Paragon Space Development Corporation
Paragon Space Development Corporation
Paragon Space Development Corporation is a company in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum. They have supplied hardware to more than 70 spaceflight missions, including ones to the International Space Station and Mir...
with several engineers and fellow biospherian and wife Jane Poynter
Jane Poynter
Jane Poynter is an author, businesswoman and environmentalist. Poynter was one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2. Along with seven other individuals, Poynter was confined to the sealed environment for two years....
. He is currently CEO and Chairman of the Board for Paragon. Using Paragon's Autonomous Biological Systems, he was the Principal Investigator on four microgravity experiments on the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
, Mir Space Station and International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
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MacCallum is involved in the design of life support and thermal control systems for commercial manned suborbital spacecraft, as well as hazardous environment life support technology development for the US Navy divers. Taber MacCallum has also functioned at every level of command on a research vessel, sailing to over 40 ports and more than 30000 miles (48,280.2 km) around the world. He is a certified Dive Controller and Advanced Open Water Diving Instructor.
MacCallum currently resides in Tucson, Arizona with his wife, fellow biospherian, business partner and author Jane Poynter
Jane Poynter
Jane Poynter is an author, businesswoman and environmentalist. Poynter was one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2. Along with seven other individuals, Poynter was confined to the sealed environment for two years....
. Taber and Jane married a year after exiting Biosphere 2.