Prof. Dr. Nicole Viola is a full Professor at the Department of Management and Production Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Turin. Prof. Viola is also the coordinator of the H2020 STRATOFLY project regarding hypersonic flight and the principal investigator for the technological payload onboard the International Space Station “Thermal Exchange”. She is also the principal investigator for research programs regarding high-speed vehicles and reusable access to space and re-entry systems, as well as space tug mission design. Prof. Viola is the director of the International Post-Graduate Master Program SEEDS, SpaceE Exploration and Development Systems. Her research interests are Aerospace systems; Ecological transition and sustainable economics; Human space exploration; and Smart and sustainable mobility. In addition, she was awarded the 2017 Innovation in Technology Development and Demonstration Award conferred by the American Astronautical Society, United States (2017).