Dan Moyers

"From Building Barns to Exploring Mars"

Age: 34

IQ: 121

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Occupation: Spacecraft Engineer

Education: Masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford. Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelors of Science in Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University. Incomplete Masters in Electrical Engineering.

In West Virginia, this self-described football-playing country boy built barns. Now in California, he flies remote-controlled spacecraft.

With a Master’s degree in aeronautics and two bachelors degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering, Dan has years of academic experience designing and building structures,machines and simple robots. In fact, he once built an AI robot to catch the attention of a Hooters waitress.

He considers himself an “epic” leader with a diverse engineering background and “thrive(s) on winning” and “love(s) to talk trash.” After graduating from Stanford with a 3.8, he was hired as a spacecraft engineer working on top projects.

“My biggest challenge on this show will be keeping myself from becoming too aggressive,” he says. If there’s a cash prize, Dan hopes to use the money to help his parents and develop the first operating hover board.

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