Ross Centers
FounderFounder/CEO at Ethos Space Resources
United States
FoundedEthos Space Resources · YC
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About
Ross Centers is a lunar resource geologist and the founder/CEO of Ethos Space Resources, which develops technology to build and operate spaceports and infrastructure on the Moon using in-situ lunar resources. He previously founded the Planetary Sunshade Institute and has worked on Kardashev scaling since 2015.
Founder/CEO at Ethos Space ResourcesYC S26
Intro paths
Ross went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ethos Space Resources's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Ross can intro founders to Ethos Space Resources's investors below.
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Experience
- Ethos SpaceCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officercurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Ethos SpaceCo-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer2022 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
- Planetary Sunshade FoundationExecutive Director2020 — 2023Golden, Colorado, United States
- Hydrogen AlphaPartner2021 — 2022Golden, Colorado, United States
- Radiant LunarFounder2019 — 2021
- Radiant PPCPartner2010 — 2019
- Reinvent TechnologySoftware Engineer2007 — 2008
- SemantiumCo-Founder2006 — 2007
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ross Centers?
- Ross Centers is a lunar resource geologist and the founder/CEO of Ethos Space Resources, which develops technology to build and operate spaceports and infrastructure on the Moon using in-situ lunar resources. He previously founded the Planetary Sunshade Institute and has worked on Kardashev scaling since 2015.
- Where does Ross Centers work?
- Ross Centers is Founder/CEO of Ethos Space Resources.
- What companies did Ross Centers found?
- Ross Centers founded Ethos Space Resources.
- Where did Ross Centers go to school?
- Ross Centers studied at Colorado School of Mines (Master's degree, Space Resources); University of Washington - School of Medicine (Genome Sciences); University of California, Santa Cruz (BS, Bioinformatics).
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Y Combinator mafia10,230
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University of California, Santa Cruz mafia62
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Colorado School of Mines mafia23
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University of Washington - School of Medicine mafia8
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Also attended Colorado School of Mines61
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