SpaceX, Blue Origin Executives Tapped as US Space Council Advisers
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched on a mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in May 2020.
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Executives from SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC were among the business, academic and non-profit leaders Vice President Kamala Harris named to serve on a National Space Council advisory group.
Harris said Friday that SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell, Blue Origin Chief Executive Officer Robert Smith and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security were selected for the council’s Users Advisory Group, pending their official appointment by National Aeronautics and Space Administration chief, Bill Nelson.