# Kris Zacny: executive, Honeybee Robotics

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Vice President of Exploration Technology Group at Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company. Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from UC Berkeley (2005) with emphasis on extraterrestrial drilling and mining. Has managed mining projects in South Africa and holds numerous NASA contracts for planetary sampling systems.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (1)

- [Honeybee Robotics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/honeybee-robotics.md) VP of Exploration Systems (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.blueorigin.com/news/honeybee-robotics-to-develop-lunarsaber-for-darpas-luna-10-program
2. https://exploremars.org/mars-if-speaker-kris-zacny/
3. https://raven.lpl.arizona.edu/person/kris-zacny


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