The California Space Authority organized this conference to enable new space professions to network with space professionals and industry leaders. New space professionals are defined as those who have entered the space workforce within the last seven years.
Mojave is home to Scaled Composites, Burt Rutan’s company that made SpaceShipOne and the White Knight carrier aircraft, the winners of the $10 million dollar Ansari X Prize. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactica has licensed Burt’s technology to enter into the space tourism business.
