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Leland Melvin is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. He studied at the University of Richmond on a football scholarship and graduated with a Bachelors in Chemistry. From there, he went on to earn his M.S. degree in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Virginia. Melvin started his career with NASA in the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch. He then went on to lead the Vehicle Health Monitoring team before becoming an astronaut. Melvin was assigned to the Astronaut Office Space Station Operations Branch, and the Education Department at NASA Headquarters. For his job, he traveled around the country promoting science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and space exploration to teachers and students. During his time in NASA he flew two missions on the Space Shuttle Atlantis as a mission specialist on STS-122 and as a mission specialist 1 on STS-129. Since retiring, Melvin has spoken on his space experiences, his football career, and has published two books, Chasing Space: An Astronauts Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances and Chasing Space: Young Readers Edition..

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Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Leland Melvin in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Leland Melvin or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Leland Melvin's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Leland Melvin for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Leland Melvin, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Leland Melvin. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Leland Melvin booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Leland Melvin for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Leland Melvin 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 Leland Melvin charge for an event. An example fee to book Leland Melvin is in the starting range of $15,000-$24,999. 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.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Leland Melvin agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Leland Melvin manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Leland Melvin for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Leland Melvin agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Leland Melvin, 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 Leland Melvin 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 Leland Melvin, 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
Environment-Green Topics, Environment, Astronauts, Science-Technology-Green, Environment-Sustainability, Football, Male, Age Group-30's-50's, African American
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