Physics teacher and curriculum specialist Luther Richardson has made a career out of simultaneous endeavors that support a personal quest for knowledge. He has been teaching AP Physics since 1996 with college teaching assignments in Physics and Astronomy. Degrees in Physics from Auburn University and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology have supported his love of applications in planetary science and robotics. Luther has worked on multiple planetary mission concept studies for NASA, and has started his own company that works with robotics called AstroSystems. Teaching has led to a form of paying it forward with co-curricular student efforts that build 150 pound robots and launch science payloads aboard high altitude balloons. All of these simultaneous efforts could not happen without the love and support of his wife Laura and daughter Hallie Meissa.