Pablo "Rocket Man" Martinez

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Engineer for NASA’s Artemis Program at the Kennedy Space Center launch facility.

Served as a member of the Handling, Mechanical, and Structures Engineering group as a Solid Rocket Boosters subject matter expert; stacking engineer; move director for Boosters, Core Stage, Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter, Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, and the Orion vehicle; and trainer for booster stacking operations leading to the successful first flight of the SLS launch vehicle and Orion capsule to the moon and currently preparing the vehicle for the first crewed flight to return to the moon. Served as a test conductor for the Vehicle Support Posts and the Vehicle Stabilizer testing at the Launch Equipment Testing Facility resulting in delivery of the equipment to the Mobile Launcher for installation ahead of schedule earning one of NASA’s highest awards - Honoree Award.

Served in NASA’s Space Shuttle Program as a mechanical, electrical, pyrotechnics, and tool design engineer.

Payload technician experience with sub-orbital spaceflight payloads building, processing, launching, and post flight handling at the Atmospheric Physics Research Laboratory at ERAU, Wallops Flight Facility, and White Sands Missile Range.

Graduate of the Florida Aerospace Microgravity Training Program with flight experience in reduced gravity (Martian and Lunar) and microgravity.

Private pilot with aerobatics experience.

Vice Chair of the Boots Laced Up Foundation.

US Air Force Aircraft Fuel Systems Mechanic for B-52H and KC-135A, R, and Q models aircraft. Veteran of the Gulf War.

Trained in martial arts, fencing, firearms, tactical medical, home defense, vehicle defense, active shooter response, knife/counter-knife, weapons retention and disarming, realistic self-defense, force-on-force – including UTM, pistol and carbine instructor development, and others. Always a student, continue acquiring knowledge and developing skills.

Skilled as an integrated thinker able to bring together multidisciplinary concepts and ideas into comprehensive solutions to complex issues. Prior military experience in aircraft maintenance instead of firearms. All the firearms skills have been acquired through training with some of the best in the business. That experience has been beneficial to successfully adapt and relate these concepts to civilian students.

Instructor Experience:

> Stop the Bleed Instructor

> Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals Instructor

> Armed Close Quarter Confrontation Instructor

> Force-on-Force Scenarios Development and Role Player

Education

> Bachelor of Science Engineering Physics, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, 2003

> Associate in Arts, Valencia Community College, 1998

Professional Development

> Requirements Based Engineering Training, International Technical Aviation Consulting (ITAC), 2013

> Startup Quest Entrepreneur Program, Brevard Workforce, 2013

Aviation

> Private Pilot, Single Engine-Land, Federal Aviation Administration, 1994

> Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit (for international flying), Federal Communications Commission, 2010

U.S. Air Force

> Aircraft Fuel Systems Mechanic, U.S. Air Force, 1989

> U.S. Air Force Supervisor Safety Training, 1992

NASA Artemis Program Space Launch System (SLS)

> Systems Engineer, Jacobs, 2016

> Booster Subject Matter Expert (SME), Jacobs, 2017

> Booster Move Director, Jacobs, 2018

> Core Stage Move Director, Jacobs, 2018

> LVSA (Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter) Move Director, Jacobs, 2018

> SPIE (Upper Stage, Orion/Service Module) Move Director, Jacobs, 2018

> SLS Red Crew, Jacobs, 2019

> Booster Mass Flow Meter (Field Joint Leak Testing) Engineer, Jacobs, 2018

> Booster Stacking Engineer, Amentum, 2025

> CPR/Bleeding Control, Jacobs/Amentum recurrent training

> Instructor for the following booster processes personnel certifications:

  - Mass Flow Meter (Leak Testing) – engineers, technicians, and quality

  - Vent Port Plug Installation (Leak Testing) – engineers, technicians, and quality

  - Booster Stacking – engineers, technicians, and quality

  - Thermal Ablative application – technicians and quality

Microgravity

> Florida Aerospace Microgravity Training Program, 2009

Personal Defense Instructor

> Assault Counter Tactics Trainer, 2020

> Pistol Instructor Development Course, Threat Management Solutions, 2020

> Carbine Instructor Development Course, Threat Management Solutions, 2021

> UTM Civilian Instructor, Public Safety and Education, 2021

> USCCA Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals certified instructor, 2024

> Operating Near Extreme Stress Instructor 2024

Personal Defense Training

> Black Belt, International Tae Kwon-Do Center, 1983

> Stop the Bleed course, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Survival Mindset Training Group, 2021

> Pistol Tactics and Techniques, 

> Carbine Tactics and Techniques, 

> Home Defense Tactics and Techniques 

> Vehicle Defense Tactics and Techniques, 

> Close Quarters Tactics and Techniques,

> Knife Defense Tactics and Techniques, 

> Continuing Training Programs with Battleline Tactical, Assault Counter Tactics, Threat Management Solutions, DMIG,