In our latest #UncommonThinkers profile, we focus on Portal Space Systems CEO Jeff Thornburg, who worked on rocket propulsion systems for #ElonMusk and #PaulAllen and is now pursuing his own out-of-this-world idea. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uncommon-thinkers-portal-space-jeff-thornburg/ #Space

Like two well-known billionaires, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, #StokeSpace CEO Andy Lapsa is passionate about making spaceships as reusable as airplanes - and he's convinced another billionaire, Bill Gates, that #space technologies can play a role in decarbonization. https://www.geekwire.com/2024/uncommon-thinkers-stoke-space-ceo-andy-lapsa-explores-an-innovative-route-to-rocket-reusability/ #UncommonThinkers

#MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith, one of six #UncommonThinkers who'll be recognized at next week's #GeekWireGala, isn't afraid of geeking out over the technical details of electric aviation. "You don't become a CTO without being a bit of a nerd," she says. https://www.geekwire.com/2023/uncommon-thinkers-magnix-cto-riona-armesmith/ #tech #aviation