{"id":12676,"date":"2016-05-23T22:24:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T02:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2016-05-23T22:24:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T02:24:58","slug":"video-washington-post-panel-discusses-milestones-in-commercial-space-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12676","title":{"rendered":"Video: Washington Post panel discusses milestones in commercial space travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post recently hosted a panel discussion on &#8221; how recent milestones in commercial space travel are opening up new frontiers for business and exploration&#8221;:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-live\/wp\/2016\/04\/28\/meet-virgin-galactics-george-whitesides\/?postshare=6571464020291583&amp;tid=ss_tw-bottom\" target=\"_d\">Virgin Galactic CEO: The space boom will happen when middle-class Americans can afford to travel there &#8211; The Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirginGalactic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Galactic<\/a>\u00a0CEO\u00a0George Whitesides<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aerojet Rocketdyne<\/a> VP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julie-van-kleeck-9845321a\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Van Kleeck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andyweirauthor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Weir<\/a>,\u00a0author of &#8220;The Martian&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>NASA Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/about\/highlights\/bolden_bio.html\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Bolden<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/66497640-1d62-11e6-82c2-a7dcb313287d\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post recently hosted a panel discussion on &#8221; how recent milestones in commercial space travel are opening up new frontiers for business and exploration&#8221;:\u00a0Virgin Galactic CEO: The space boom will happen when middle-class Americans can afford to travel there &#8211; The Washington Post Virgin Galactic\u00a0CEO\u00a0George Whitesides Aerojet Rocketdyne VP Julie Van Kleeck Andy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12676\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Washington Post panel discusses milestones in commercial space travel<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-industry","category-space-policy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3is","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2029,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2029","url_meta":{"origin":12676,"position":0},"title":"Galactic Unite lesson plans based on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo test flights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday. 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