Don't call him Laika, but George T. Whitesides is a dawg for space. He's just hopped off Planet Nasa, where he was Chief of Staff to agency Great Dane Charlie Bolden, and is now--Mush!--Lead Husky at Virgin Galactic [Editor's note: Pack it Rin-Tin-Tin.] "I'm looking forward to taking the company from where it is now to commercial operations," Whitesides said in a statement. "There is much to achieve at Virgin Galactic over the coming years as the company moves from the extensive test flying program and Faa licensing process into commercial operation of frequent spaceflights from our new home at Spaceport America in New Mexico."
Evidently they edited out the bit that went "Wheeee! Zomigod, where's my Tauntaun sleeping bag and my Luke Skywalker PJs? I'm going into spaaaaaace!" And I'm convinced that, statement done, he danced round the floor of his bedroom, yeah, the one with the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, and...
Evidently they edited out the bit that went "Wheeee! Zomigod, where's my Tauntaun sleeping bag and my Luke Skywalker PJs? I'm going into spaaaaaace!" And I'm convinced that, statement done, he danced round the floor of his bedroom, yeah, the one with the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling, and...
- 5/21/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
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