Welcome to The LA Space Salon! Join us for the first of a monthly series of social events brought to you by members of the fantastic organizing team that brought you SpaceUp LA.   The LA Space Salon is a new and unique social event designed to be a reliable outlet within the space community for people to engage with one another, contribute their ideas, pose questions, hear from industry leaders,... [read more]

Welcome to The LA Space Salon! Join us for the first of a monthly series of social events brought to you by members of the fantastic organizing team that brought you SpaceUp LA.   The LA Space Salon is a new and unique social event designed to be a reliable outlet within the space community for people to engage with one another, contribute their ideas, pose questions, hear from industry leaders, and coalesce efforts towards a cultural permeation of the values we share about space exploration. Our objective is simple: bring space professionals, enthusiasts and entrepreneurs together in an open discussion about our shared future beyond this world.    Each month, we will have a featured guest who will help us explore humanity's path forward into space. These events are designed to be deeply engaging and leave time for plenty of mingling. Speakers start their presentations at 8:00 and will be followed up by a round of audience Q&A.    The speaker is followed by LA Space Salon's open forum. All attendees are encouraged to participate in this months discussion question: "What is the single most important development in the next 5 years for moving the space industry forward?  What can we begin to do now to make that a reality?"  Come with your thoughts prepared and ready to share!   Drinks and a light appetizer will be provided.   Attendance is strictly limited at 40 seats, so make sure to register soon! All ticket sales are through EventBrite; be warned, there will be no tickets sold at the door!   *******   Our first guest speaker is Will Pomerantz, Vice President of Special Projects at Virgin Galactic. Will is an explorer, an entrepreneur, and an advocate dedicated to opening the space frontier. He was formerly the Senior Director of Space Prizes with the X PRIZE Foundation, during which time he oversaw the Google Lunar X PRIZE and the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X CHALLENGE. Will has also worked at Harvard University; Brown University, the Futron Corporation, and the United Nations, as well as co-founded SpaceAlumni.com. Will is a graduate of Harvard University, the NASA Academy, and the International Space University.    ********   Looking forward to seeing you there!