Rick Tumlinson

Rick Tumlinson is the co-founder of several space companies and non-profits including Deep Space Industries, Orbital Outfitters, the New Worlds Institute, and the Space Frontier Foundation. He is an active space entrepreneur and space activist. He has testified on space-related topics before the U.S. Congress six times since 1995.[1] In 2004, Space News magazine listed Tumlinson as one of the 100 most influential people in the space industry, stating:

Part agitator, part operator, Tumlinson has spent the past two decades advocating human exploration and settlement of the solar system and has been a strong advocate of creating commercial opportunities at the Russian Mir space station and at the international space station.[2]

  1. ^ Lifeboat Foundation Rick N. Tumlinson Retrieved on July 4, 2007
  2. ^ Space News Visionaries and Innovators Retrieved on July 18, 2007

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