...safety or contribute to human spaceflight activity”. Although the participants who flew on the first Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic missions are undoubtedly pioneers, domestic US law has stymied their status as astronauts The vertical launch of Blue...
... the productive capacity of the Newton engines we were developing” for LauncherOne, said George Whitesides, chief executive of Virgin Galactic. The company concluded the 747 was the best choice for carrying the enlarged LauncherOne. Whitesides...
... lives of all crew members Recent setbacks, such as the loss of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne, have been offset by the progress made in other areas with both Virgin Galactic and Xcor both looking to begin test flights imminently [6]. As the prospect...
... an official spokesperson for the company. Between 2007 and 2011 he was president of the company’s space venture Virgin Galactic. Since 2011 he has been a non-executive director of Stagecoach Group, where he was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2016...
... of Space Policy & Regulations, UAE Space Agency), Koichi Wakata, (Vice-President of JAXA) and George Whitesides (CEO of Virgin Galactic). It was moderated by Anu Ojha, Director of the UK National Space Academy. Anu Ojha Fifty-eight years ago...
... is the growing reality of participating in space tourism. Blue Origin, SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace, Space for Humanity and Virgin Galactic (which recently launched the first woman, Beth Moses, into space on a commercial spacecraft) are just a few...