Brett Harnett
Technical Supervisor

Prior to joining the NASA program at Yale University two and a half years ago, Brett worked as a consultant, network administrator and system integrator. He has spent much of his adult life immersed in data collection, imaging and telecommunications explaining his digital dementia. However he does have a real life beyond bits and bytes... Many people look at him with astonishment when he says he turned down the opportunity to go to Everest because it conflicted with golf season.

Brett's responsibilities include the oversight of digital and analog traffic used to support the real-time conferences, data capture and analysis using a custom designed relational database models as well as administrating the transmission of IP traffic for real-time physiologic monitoring from the mountainside. In the event of an emergency, he has outlined the protocol for multi-platform assistance from physicians at the Yale Medical Center and collaborating partners around the world.

Brett's goal in life is to ride on the space shuttle any way possible. He has volunteered removal of a non-critical organ using experimental robotic surgery while in orbit. Some have suggested his brain.