24th Jul 2020
Hub Culture presents 50 Leaders in the Space Space
Welcome to Hub Culture's
second listing of 50 people leading the space conversation across science, business, government, and academia.
These individuals from around the world are at the forefront of global private space initiatives and hold a bedrock of knowledge relative to humanity's efforts to expand activity off planet Earth.
Many of the people in this conversation can be reached via their Twitter handle, included here for an easy follow, and handy for those planning events related to space solutions.
50 Leaders in the Space Space
Elon Musk, @elonmusk
Founder, SpaceX
Dr. Sara Spangelo, @sara_spangelo
Co-Founder & CEO, Swarm Technologies
Jeff Bezos, @JeffBezos
Founder & CEO, Amazon / Blue Origin
Eric Anderson, @ec_anderson
Co-founder & Chairman, Space Adventures
Richard Branson, @richardbranson
Founder, Virgin Group
Dr. Ben Longmeir, @longmier
Co-Founder & CTO, Swarm Technologies
Brian O-Toole
President, Spaceflight Industries
Jan Woerner, @janwoerner
Director-General, ESA
Pavlo Tanasyuk, @pavlotanasyuk
Founder & CEO, Spacebit
Curt Blake
CEO, Spaceflight
Payam Banazadeh, @payamban
Founder & CEO, Capella Space
Twyman Clements, @Hi_Twyman
Co-founder & CEO, Space Tango
George Whitesides, @gtwhitesides
CEO, Virgin Galactic
David Irons, @DavidJohnIron
Founder & Trustee, Lunar Mission One
Sara Seager, @ProfSaraSeager
Astronomer and Planetary Scientist
Kris Kimmel
C0-founder & Chairman, Space Tango
Paul Allen, @PaulGAllen
Founder, Vulcan Aerospace
Mikhail Kokorich, @Mkokorich
CEO & Founder, Momentus
Professor Chris Welch, @ProfChrisWelch
Professor, Space Engineering at the International Space University at Strasbourg
Nathan Orr
Chief Engineer, Momentus
Helen Sharman, @HelenSharmanUK
Chemist & Astronaut, Imperial College London
Natalya Bailey, @natalya926
Co-founder & CEO, Accion Systems
Liu Yang
Astronaut
Peter Kant
CEO, Accion Systems
Ellen Stofan, @EllenStofan
Planetary Geologist, Former Chief Scientist at NASA
Gregory Thane Wyler, @greg_wyler
Founder & Executive Chairman, OneWeb
Dr Iya Whiteley, @iyawhiteley
Space Psychologist
Adrian Steckel, @adriansteckel
CEO, OneWeb
Bobak Ferdowski, @tweetsoutloud
Engineer, NISAR Earth Science & Europa Clipper
David Hitt, @davidhitt
Author
Professor Brian Cox, @ProfBrianCox
Physicist
Katie Mack, @AstroKatie
Astrophysicist
Clayton Anderson, @Astro_Clay
Astronaut
Nicole Stott, @Astro_Nicole
Astronaut & Engineer
Louis Perna, @louperna
Co-founder & Chief Scientist, Accion Systems
Andrew Rush, @RushSpace
President & CEO, MadeinSpace
Chris Lewicki, @interplanetary
Co-founder, ConsenSys Space
Jeffrey Manber, @jeffmanber
Co-founder & CEO, NanoRacks
Michael Suffredini
President & CEO, Axiom Space
Nobu Okada, @nobuokada
CEO, Astroscale
Thomas Markusic
Founder & CEO, Firefly Space Systems
William 'Red' Whittaker
Founder & CEO, Astrobotic
Talbot Jaeger
Founder & Chief Technologist, NovaWurks
Peter Beck
Founder, RocketLab
Yossi Yamin, @yossi_yamin
Founder, SpacePharma
Adam Maher
President & Founder, Ursa Space Systems
Nadir Bagaveyev, @baspace
CEO & Chief Designer, Bagaveev Corporation
Salvatore Tory Bruno, @torybruno
Founder & President, United Launch Alliance
Takeshi Hakamada
CEO, iSpace Inc
Jim Cantrell, @jamesncantrell
Co-founder & CEO, Vector Space Systems