Mark Jacobs

Mark Jacobs is a senior systems engineer with over 35 years of experience evaluating advanced development requirements and life cycle costs for NASA science missions and instruments. He has supported numerous NASA Announcement of Opportunity (AO) reviews across programs including Explorer, Discovery, Mars Scout, New Frontiers, and Earth Ventures.

Mr. Jacobs has provided cost analysis support to NASA Headquarters for key initiatives such as the Nuclear Systems Initiative, Living with a Star, Cassini, Outer Planets, and Mars Exploration programs. His expertise spans a wide range of advanced technology assessments involving instruments, spacecraft, launch vehicles, and mission operations. He also recently contributed to a National Academy of Sciences study focused on a reusable booster system for the U.S. Air Force.

A recognized authority in the field, Mr. Jacobs is the author of multiple book chapters on cost analysis and received the AIAA Distinguished Service Award for his work with the Space Systems Technical Committee from 1994 to 2000. He holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

• B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, U. Wisconsin @ Madison

• Cost Estimation & Analysis

• JCL Analysis

• Schedule Analysis

• Programmatic Risk Assessments

• Advanced Technology Assessments

• Modeling & Simulation

• Polaris

• PRICE True Planning

• SEER

• PCEC​ 

• Space Operations Cost Model (SOCM)