George Whitesides was CEO of Virgin Galactic in 2012, having joined in 2010 after serving as NASA chief of staff, leading development of the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicles. Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, his wife, is a Virgin Galactic founder astronaut, astrobiologist, and former Zero Gravity Corporation flight director. Together they co-created Yuri’s Night, the annual worldwide space celebration held on April 12.
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Talks
- Current State of Commercial Space Travel — BIL 2012 ▶ video