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Bob Behnken Booking Agency Profile

Bob Behnken is an American NASA astronaut, engineer, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office. Behnken was born in St. Ann, Missouri, and he earned his bachelor of science degrees in mechanical engineering and physics from Washington University in St. Louis before going on to earn his master of science degree in mechanical engineering as well as his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. Before entering graduate school, Behnken became an Air Force ROTC student and after graduating, Behnken entered Air Force active duty where he worked as a technical manager and developmental engineer for new munitions systems. From there, he attended the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineer’s course and after graduating, he was assigned to the F-22 Combined Test Force where he was the lead flight test engineer for Raptor 4004. Behnken was then selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA and after 18 months of training and evaluation, he was assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Shuttle Operations Branch. He has since served during the NEEMO 11 mission, has been a crew member of the STS-123 mission, was a mission specialist on STS-130, and has been named Chief of the Astronaut Office. Most recently, Behnken has been assigned to the first test flight SpX-DM2 of the SpaceX Crew Dragon which has recently successfully launched..

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CTI can give you the accurate Bob Behnken booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Bob Behnken for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Bob Behnken booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Bob Behnken charge for an event. An example fee to book Bob Behnken is in the starting range of $40,000-$74,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
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There is low probability to book Bob Behnken for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Bob Behnken agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Bob Behnken, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Bob Behnken booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Bob Behnken, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
Type
Speaker
Speaking Topic
Astronauts
Range
Astronauts, Male
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