# John Vickers ![[50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/2026-05-04 John Vickers.jpg|400]] John Vickers is NASA's Principal Technologist for Advanced Manufacturing and the person who coined the term "[[Digital Twin]]" in 2010. While [[Michael Grieves]] had introduced the underlying concept in 2002 (calling it the "Information Mirroring Model" and later "Conceptual Ideal for PLM"), it was Vickers who gave it the name that stuck. In 2010, Vickers used the term in NASA's "Technology Area 12: Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing Road Map" report. He and Grieves later collaborated on a 2017 chapter for the Aerospace Industry Association that established the foundational framework for digital twins in aerospace applications. Vickers currently leads NASA's digital twin initiatives, including building a digital twin of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility; one of the world's largest manufacturing facilities (800+ acres) where the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System are developed. He advocates for the convergence of digital twins, artificial intelligence, and the metaverse as technologies shaping the future of manufacturing and space exploration ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[John Vickers]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[John Vickers]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Related - [[Digital Twin]] - [[Michael Grieves]] ## References - Diginomica - History of Digital Twins: https://diginomica.com/grieves-and-vickers-history-digital-twins - NASA Technical Reports - Digital Twins in a Nutshell: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20240013986/downloads/Digital%20Twin%20Vickers%20DOE%20NSF%20Workshop%2011012024.pdf - Origins of the Digital Twin Concept (paper): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307509727_Origins_of_the_Digital_Twin_Concept