Personal Spaceflight Federation
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The Personal Spaceflight Federation is a private spaceflight industry group, incorporated as an industry association for the purposes of establishing ever higher levels of safety for the commercial human spaceflight industry, sharing best practices and expertise, and promoting the growth of the industry worldwide.
| Person | Company affiliation |
|---|---|
| Burt Rutan | President of Scaled Composites |
| John D. Carmack | President of Armadillo Aerospace |
| Elon Musk | CEO and CTO of SpaceX |
| Robert Bigelow | President and CEO of Bigelow Aerospace |
| Alex Tai | COO of Virgin Galactic |
| Stuart Witt | General Manager of Mojave Spaceport |
| Jeff Greason | CEO of XCOR Aerospace |
| Gary Hudson | Founder and Chairman of AirLaunch LLC |
| Jim Benson | Chairman and CTO of SpaceDev |
| David Gump | President of t/Space |
| George French | President and CEO of Rocketplane Ltd. |
| Eric Anderson | President and CEO of Space Adventures |
| Peter Diamandis | Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation |
| Rick Homans | Chairman of the Spaceport America and New Mexico Secretary of Economic Development |
| Bill Khourie | Executive Director of the Oklahoma Spaceport |
| Art Dula | CEO of Excalibur-Almaz |
Space tourism | ||
|---|---|---|
| Major private companies | Bigelow Aerospace · Blue Origin · EADS Astrium · Rocketplane · Space Adventures · Scaled Composites · The Spaceship Company · Virgin Galactic | Image:NASA astronaut with for sale sign on EVA - to retrieve sattlite.jpg |
| Organizations | ARCASPACE · LiftPort Group · Personal Spaceflight Federation · Space Tourism Society · Association of Autonomous Astronauts | |
| Successful spacecraft | SpaceShipOne · Genesis I · Genesis II | |
| Living in space | Space station · Space habitat · Space colonization · Commercialization of space · Suborbital spaceplane | |
| Historical events | First tourists · Ansari X Prize | |
[edit] External links
- Personal Spaceflight Leaders Eye New Federation (Space.com, February 9, 2005)
- Space racers unite in federation (MSNBC, February 8, 2005)
- Space Entrepreneurs Resolve To Create Industry Group to Promote Safety Standards and Growth of the Personal Spaceflight Industry (X Prize Foundation Press Release February 08, 2005)
- Personal Spaceflight Federation Press Releases (Space Fellowship, August 22, 2006)

