Isakowitz Visits Ohio State

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Virgin Galactic President Steve Isakowitz
Virgin Galactic President Steve Isakowitz
The president of the company that aims to offer the first suborbital spaceflights to space tourists paid a visit to Ohio State's main campus on Februray 20, 2014. During his visit, engineering students as well as other university faculty and staff got to hear Virgin Galactic President Steve Isakowitz discuss a range of science and technology topics related to commercial space travel. In addition to his scheduled public appearance, Isakowitz took time to speak with Clinical Assistant Professor Carl Hartsfield's Advanced Rocket Propulsion class. He not only offered the aerospace engineering students some insight about the status of Virgin Galactic’s foray into space, he also gave them some sensible career advice. He offered that they not be afraid of changing jobs, and noted that he had moved several times between government and industry, emphasizing that there is still lots of opportunity to make very real contributions in human space flight.