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George Whitesides
Virgin Galactic advisory board member
Mr. Whitesides is a Virgin Galactic advisory board member and a former NASA Chief of Staff. He is also one of the founders of Yuri's Night, the World Space Party.
Latest Planetary Radio Appearances
Yuri’s Night: Join the party!
Thousands celebrated the 61st anniversary of the first human voyage into space. We’ll take you to the Los Angeles party under the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Yuri’s Night 2018!
Host Mat Kaplan once again attends the worldwide party for space. Join him at the Los Angeles celebration under Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides on LauncherOne and the Return of SpaceShipTwo
6,000 job-seekers came to the new Long Beach, California home of Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne rocket on a recent morning. We sit down with CEO George Whitesides for a conversation about this new effort and the return of SpaceShipTwo.