In this episode:
We meet Will Pomerantz, Vice President of Special Projects and Brand at Virgin Orbit in Glendale, California. He has been a part of the XPRIZE Team, a weightless flight coach with Zero Gravity Corporation, and was a founder of the Brooke Owens Fellowship. He has worked with Futron Inc., the International Space University, and the United Nations. He has also done a TEDx Talk entitled, “Why We Go: Leaving Our Beautiful Home and Exploring Outer Space.”
In this conversation, Will discusses how he decided space was the place for him career wise when he was growing up, his start at Virgin Galactic, what he does now at Virgin Orbit, and how small satellite launch needs have evolved. He also describes how Virgin Orbit was able to quickly pivot from launch and commercial space activities to producing ventilators to support COVID-19 efforts, taking their ventilator design from concept to production within a month.
In discussing future Virgin Orbit projects, Will says, “I have really come to deeply love and admire the small satellite industry. I’ve gone from being a little bit of a skeptic at first, to believing that this is something that’s going to have an enormous impact on the planet.”
To learn more about Virgin Orbit, visit virginorbit.com.
Introductory and closing music: Paint the Sky by Hans Atom (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/hansatom/50718 Ft: Miss Judged
Jason Held – Saber Astronautics
Danielle Dallas Roosa – Back to Space
Jill Johnson and Allen Platek — Tempur-Pedic
Paul Lockhart – Former NASA Astronaut
Rachel Lyons – Space for Humanity
Peter Beck – Rocket Lab Founder
Kevin DeBruin – The Fit Rocket Scientist
Peter Freer & Rita McKinnish – Play Attention
José Morey - Intergalactic Doctor
Brad Poorman and Jim Hind — Clean Textile Technology
Athena Brensberger - Founder and CEO of Astroathens, LLC
Laura Forczyk - Space Consultant
Dr. Ulyana Horodyskyj – Science in the Wild Founder
Bill Gattle – President of Space Systems, L3Harris Technologies
Dr. Tanya Harrison - Professional Martian
Judy Cara - Planetarium & STEM Director
Alan Ladwig - Author, Part Two
Alan Ladwig - Author, Part One
Paul Francis – Inventor
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