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Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (; born July 1, 1963) is a U.S. physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.〔 〕 In 2007 Lu retired from NASA to become the Program Manager on Google's Advanced Projects Team.〔〔 〕 While still at NASA during 2002 Lu co-founded the B612 Foundation, dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, later serving as its Chair. As of 2014 he is currently its Chief Executive Officer.〔(Our Team | Ed Lu, CEO and Co-Founder ), B612 Foundation, SentinelMission.org website. Retrieved June 29, 2014.〕〔 == Education == Raised in Webster, New York, to a Chinese family. Lu attended R. L. Thomas High School, where he was a member of the wrestling team and graduated in 1980. Later, Lu earned a degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University where he lettered in wrestling. He then received a doctoral degree in applied physics from Stanford University in 1989.〔 Lu is a member of the Psi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at Cornell. Lu became a specialist in solar physics and did postdoctoral work at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii before being selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1994.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Lu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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