William H. Gerstenmaier

**William H. Gerstenmaier** (an haife shi a watan Satumba 28, 1954) injiniyan sararin samaniya ne kuma mai tsara manufofi wanda shi ne Mataimakin Shugaban Gina da Amincewar Jirgin Sama a SpaceX. A baya ya taba zama Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar NASA kan Binciken Dan Adam tsakanin shekara ta 2005 zuwa 10 ga watan Yuli,shekara ta 2019. Yayin da yake cikin wannan rawar, an bayyana shi a matsayin "wanda za a iya cewa shi ne mutumin da ya fi tasiri idan aka zo batun jirgin saman Amurka." Kafin zama Mataimakin Gudanarwa, Gerstenmaier ya yi aiki a matsayin Manajan Shirye-shiryen ofishin Tashar Sararin Samaniya na Duniya, a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Johnson, matsayin da ya fara a watan Yuni shekara ta 2002. Ya shafe shekaru arba'in tare da NASA.

A watan Fabrairu shekara ta 2020, SpaceX ta ba da sanarwar cewa Gerstenmaier ya shiga kamfanin a matsayin mai ba da shawara. An kara masa girma zuwa Mataimakin Shugaban kasa, Ginawa da Amincewar Jirgin sama, bayan shekara guda.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Gerstenmaier a Akron, Ohio, a watan Satumba shekarar alif 1954 kuma ya sauke karatu daga Gabas ta Tsakiya a shekarar alif 1973. Lokacin yana matashi ya bi shirye-shiryen sararin samaniya na farko na Mercury, Gemini, da Apollo.

Ya yi mafarkin zama matukin jirgi na farko, kuma bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Sojojin Ruwa ta Amurka. Bayan ya ga matukan jirgi da yawa da suka dawo daga yakin Vietnam, ya yi tunanin ba zai samu damar tashi ba, sai ya zabi ya sake duba hanyarsa. Ya koma makarantar Purdue na Aeronautics da Astronautics, yana fatan shiga jirgin ta hanyar ilimi. A lokacinsa a Purdue, Gerstenmaier ya sami babban sha'awar fasahar jirgin sama, kuma ya zaɓi ya mai da hankali kan wannan yanki don aikinsa.

## Sana'a
Gerstenmaier (hagu) yana aiki akan gwajin rami na jirgin sama a Cibiyar Bincike na Glenn a shekarar alif 1978
Gerstenmaier ya kammala karatun digiri tare da digiri na farko na kimiyya a injiniyan jiragen sama daga Makarantar Jami'ar Purdue na Aeronautics da Astronautics a shekarar alif 1977, kuma ya shiga Cibiyar Bincike ta Lewis (wanda yanzu ake kira Cibiyar Nazarin John Glenn) a Ohio, ya fara aikinsa tare da NASA. Da farko yin bincike tare da manyan hanyoyin iska, haɓaka bayanan lanƙwan bayanan iska da aka yi amfani da su yayin shiga cikin Jirgin Sama. Gerstenmaier ya ci gaba da karatunsa, inda ya sami digirinsa na biyu a fannin injiniyan injiniya a Jami'ar Toledo a 1981.

## Kyauta
Sau biyu ana ba Gerstenmaier lambar yabo ta Makon Jiragen Sama da Fasahar Fasaha ta Sararin Samaniya don "Nasarar Nasara a Fannin Sararin Samaniya", da kuma Takaddun Yabo na NASA guda uku, lambobin yabo na NASA na Musamman guda biyu, Babban NASA Fitaccen Medal Jagoranci, da Matsayin Shugaban Kasa. Kyauta don Manyan Gudanarwa.

A shekara ta 2003, ya sami lambar yabo ta Shugaban Kasa don Masu Gudanarwa. Hakanan a waccan shekarar ya sami lambar yabo ta Injiniyan Aerospace, Jami'ar Purdue.

A cikin 2004, Gerstenmaier aka zaba a matsayin finalist ga Service to Amurka Medal, domin "Jagorancin kokarin ci gaba da aminci aiki na International Space Station a cikin rashi na Space Shuttle, kyale ci gaba da bincike da kuma kiyaye ta musamman damar ga nan gaba.

A shekara ta 2006, Huntsville National Space Club ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Von Braun.

A shekara ta 2007, Ƙungiyar Masu Binciken Galaxy ta karrama Gerstenmaier tare da lambar yabo ta jagoranci ta sararin samaniya ta 2007, kuma Jami'ar Purdue ta karrama shi da lambar yabo na tsofaffin ɗalibai, "Don manyan nasarori a cikin aikin da aka sadaukar don binciken ɗan adam na sararin samaniya da haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa a sararin samaniya." A watan Nuwamba shekara ta 2008 an sake karrama shi a Purdue a matsayin Tsohon Jagora a cikin Tsarin Tsohon Masters na shekarar 2008.

Gerstenmaier ya sami lambar yabo ta Rotary National Achievement Space Trophy a cikin 2010, lambar yabo ta jagoranci sufurin sararin samaniya, shekara ta 2011, lambar yabo ta AIAA von Braun shekara ta 2011 don ƙwarewa a cikin Tsarin Tsarin Sarari da AIAA von Karman Lectureship a cikin Astronautics a 2012.

An zaɓi Gerstenmaier a matsayin memba a Kwalejin Injiniya ta ƙasa a shekara ta 2018 don gudummawar fasaha da jagoranci a cikin shirye-shiryen jirgin sama na ɗan adam na ƙasa da na duniya.

## Manazarta

## Career

Gerstenmaier ya kammala karatu tare da Samun digiri na farko na kimiyya a fannin Injiniyan jirgin sama daga Makarantar Aeronautics da Astronautics ta Jami'ar Purdue a shekarar alif 1977,  kuma ya shiga Cibiyar Bincike ta Lewis (wanda yanzu ake kira Cibiyar Bindindin ta John Glenn) a Ohio, ya fara aikinsa tare da NASA. Da farko ya Dara yin bincike tare da manyan hanyoyin iska, haɓaka bayanan lanƙwan  iska da aka yi amfani da su yayin shiga cikin Jirgin Sama. Gerstenmaier ya ci gaba da karatunsa , ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin injiniya a Jami'ar Toledo a shekarar alif 1981.

A shekarar alif 1980, Gerstenmaier ya ƙaura zuwa Houston, Texas, don yin aiki a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Johnson, yana yin bincike mai alaƙa da Jirgin Saman Sararin Samaniya, kuma ya shiga cikin matakan farko na ƙirar tashar sararin samaniya ta duniya. A shekarar alif 1988, ya fara aiki a matsayin manajan Haɗin Tsarin Jirgin Saman Sararin Samaniya, sannan ya ci gaba da zama shugaban Ofishin Ayyukan Motoci na Orbital. Bayan haka, ya zama Darakta na motocin sararin samaniya, kuma an nada shi Babban Jami’in Ayyuka da kayayyakin ayyuka an sashes Zane-zanen Jirgin sama da kwarewa .

A shekara ta alif 1992, an ba Gerstenmaier wata alaƙa daga NASA don samun digiri na biyu daga Purdue, kuma a shekarar alif  1992 da alif 1993, ya kammala aikin karatun digiri a cikin ƙarfin da sarrafawa, tare da ƙarami a cikin motsi a Makarantar Aeronautics da Astronautics ta Jami'ar   Purdue.  Game da lokacin da ya kasance daga NASA, ya ce, lokacin da ya kasance daga NASA, ya ce, "Wannan shi ne mafi ƙasƙanci a rayuwata".