About the Founder

Raphael J. Chryslar is an author, photographer, aerospace engineer, entrepreneur, and an aspiring architect and astronaut who lives in the United Kingdom. He studied for a Master of Engineering (MEng) in Aerospace Engineering with Space Technology at the University of Hertfordshire and will be graduating in Q3 2026. He now works in the spacecraft manufacturing industry as an AIT engineer (Assembly, Integration and Testing) at Airbus and plans on gaining additional degrees in the future, while simultaneously working hard on this project and other activities such as his publishing company.

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Chryslar is on the autism spectrum and has been described as a noble and gifted figure with multiple passions and aspirations. With his neurodivergent mindset he is academically bright - being able to self-teach himself complex subjects from a younger age than typical (a practise called Autodidacticism).

Outside work, he finds plenty of time to work on his projects such as the World Technology Center - an visionary idea he has postulated for over a decade, but it wasn't until 2023 when he really put his idea down on paper. Chryslar was a toddler when 9/11 happened, and although he can barely remember the events, he became fascinated with the architectural design of the World Trade Center Twin Towers, particularly after seeing them while watching the 1992 movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York on television. In the years since, he crafted impressive models of skyscrapers from Lego, then out of paper, and then in Minecraft before migrating onto advanced software packages SketchUp, AutoCAD and CATIA V5. The Twin Towers are his "most favorite buildings to ever exist". Today, Chryslar has tattoos of the WTC on his right arm. 

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Raphael also loves to write books in the STEM field, host student lectures, and travel on site visits to steel mills and museums. His favorite music era is from the 1980s and listens to Classical, Vaporwave, 1970s Muzak, and Smooth Jazz. 

Other diverse hobbies include creative writing novels in the space flight simulator Kerbal Space Program, engineering DIY projects, materials science, and videography. He is also an artist in oil canvas paintings and glassblowing.

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In October 2025, Chryslar was the recipient of the R.E. Bishop Award from the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Hatfield Branch for his outstanding research topic in the BEng-level Final Year Project (FYP) on space station materials at Herts. For his MEng group project, he led a team to design an innovative concept for a 500-tonne cargo airship with onboard compressors and tanks for variable buoyancy. 

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Despite having a troubled upbringing, Chryslar dedicates his life focus to making a noble difference in this world no matter how small or big, and he vows not to let discouragement, bullying or scepticism dictate or affect his focus or motivation on achieving the seemingly impossible. ​