March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
..., co-founded the Space Frontier Foundation, and was a founding board member of the X-Prize. He founded SpaceFund, an investment firm for space startups. His current focus is the EarthLight Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to shaping humanity...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... was a founding board member of the X-Prize. He currently runs SpaceFund, an investment firm for space startups. His EarthLight Foundation and New Worlds Institute support frontier enabling research and education. His latest book, A Manifesto for...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... a founding board member of the X-Prize, and started the New Worlds Institute and EarthLight Foundation. Rick is considered one of the top public speakers in the space field and his writings and quotes ...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
...-profit Center for Space Commerce and Finance and a member of the board of directors of the Space Frontier Foundation, the Earthlight Foundation, and Mars Initiative. Meagan holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Rice University.
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
... latter receiving a Hugo, the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize, and The Odyssey Award from the Earthlight Foundation in 2024. Dr Kelly Weinersmith is adjunct faculty in the BioSciences Department at Rice University, Houston, Texas, and Zach...
