Articles by Rick N. Tumlinson

Founder of the Space Frontier Foundation, Rick Tumlinson is one of the world's top space "Visionaries", named one of the 100 most influential people in space. A leader of the “NewSpace” revolution, he blazed the trail for new space firms by Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and other space entrepreneurs. His team leased the Russian Mir space station as the world’s first commercial space facility, he signed up the first “space tourist” Dennis Tito to fly in space (starting the commercial space travel industry) was a founding trustee of the X-Prize, Chief Executive of the $25 million FINDS research endowment, and a co-founder of LunaCorp – which produced the first commercial shot in space. Rick was a lead witness 6 times in Congress on space policy and is regularly in the media, from CNN and the New York Times to China’s People’s Daily. He helped gain funding for NASA’s Lunar Prospector, the Air Force’s DC-X rocket, the International Space University, and other projects. He edited "Return to the Moon," and was in NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group. Rick’s company Orbital Outfitters created the world’s first commercial space suit and his Project: SpaceDiver is working on the first human "dive" from a rocket at the edge of space. He is featured in the documentaries “Orphans of Apollo,” and “Visions of a Universal Humanity” and is developing new TV series on space, working on his new Earthlight Foundation and a book on asteroids and comets.