Thu, Jun 30, 2005
Company Recruits USAF Reserve Major as Chief Mission
Commander
David Lessick, an Air Force Reserve Major, has been recruited by
AeraSpaceTours as the Chief Mission Commander of the Altairis
Rocket which will begin taking passengers into space in 2006. In
this role, the company says he will follow in the footsteps of the
other pioneer-astronauts and test pilots who made the dream of
space flight possible for a fortunate few.
"With safety being of paramount importance to us and to our
customers, it is essential that our mission commander has the
experience and abilities of Chief Mission Commander Lessick. We are
pleased an officer of his caliber would join in our efforts to make
space travel accessible to the masses," said Company Founder, Chief
Scientist and CEO Bill Sprague.
In the Air Force Reserves, Major David Lessick is the Spacecraft
Bus Division Chief for the Advanced-EHF Program, MILSATCOM Joint
Program Office, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space
Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. As such he is
responsible for managing the research, design, development and
acquisition of the Advanced-EHF satellite systems.
"Going into space has been a dream of mine since I was a small
boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago," said Chief Mission
Commander Lessick. "I always thought I would serve as part of the
United States Space Program and that it was partly why I joined the
Air Force, but doing this as part of a civilian effort is even more
exciting because, eventually, we will make the dream of visiting
space a reality for thousands of people from all over the world.
Perhaps sharing this perspective of our world will help us see each
other as interdependent as we really are, and hopefully inspire a
little more peace in this world for all of us to enjoy. Besides
that, like our AeraSpaceTours customers, I'm looking forward to
doing something that will be an absolute thrill for myself, as well
as give my family something to brag about for generations to
come."
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