Will Pomerantz

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Co-Founder of @OwensFellowship & @PGSFellowship. Husband of @FromCaliToMars. Dad. Formerly of Virgin Orbit, Virgin Galactic, XPRIZE, and more. He/his.
Brooke Owens Fellowshiphttps://brookeowensfellowship.org
Patti Grace Smith Fellowshiphttps://pgsfellowship.org
Why We Gohttps://youtu.be/0ueGFLVFi80
Show threadWill PomerantzOct 9
Aerospace work is fun, important, and really, really challenging. We need ideas from every perspective if we are going to accomplish the ambitious things that we all dream of doing. To succeed, we need you.
Show threadWill PomerantzOct 9
So, undergrads, if you feel like you need more aerospace in your life, please know this: the aerospace community needs you just as much as you need it.
Show threadWill PomerantzOct 9
We named the Fellowship after Patti Grace Smith, a vital pillar in the aerospace community and key player the origin story of our modern commercial space industry -- as well as an incredible civil rights pioneer and a true role model of mine.
Show threadWill PomerantzOct 9
Whether you've been longing to work in aerospace your whole life or it is a potential career path you just recently discovered, if you want in to the aerospace industry, this is your chance!
Will PomerantzOct 9
Whether you've been longing to work in aerospace your whole life or it is a potential career path you just recently discovered, if you want in to the aerospace industry, this is your chance!
Will PomerantzOct 9

Please spread the word to all of the US undergraduates in your network: you have just over a week to complete and submit your application to the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship!

pgsfellowship.org

We created the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship for students who are talented, passionate, and just getting started with an aerospace career.

Will PomerantzJun 3, 2025

As he completed the first ever US spacewalk on June 3rd, 1965, Ed White said: “I'm coming back in... and it's the saddest moment of my life.”

It’s a relatable sentiment for far too many in the US space community right now!

Will PomerantzMar 11, 2025
At the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference for the first time in 22 years! What fun that my career has circled back around to Mars. If you want to talk Mars helicopters, stop by Row 19b #lpsc2025
Will PomerantzMar 3, 2025

Left: The title slide from the August 2006 final presentation of a study commissioned by NASA that I led. The study found that a Lunar X PRIZE -- originally conceived of as a NASA-funded Centennial Challenge, later to become the Google Lunar XPRIZE -- would be a useful way to spur an industry from which NASA could buy lunar missions and data.

Right: A photo taken by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander from the surface of the Moon on March 2, 2025.

Will PomerantzFeb 12, 2025

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to the 35 incredible undergraduate students who have earned a Patti Grace Smith Fellowship!

Our PGSF team spent hundreds upon hundreds of hours reviewing applications and interviewing candidates, seeking out the right mix of individual initiative, top-notch skills, a track record of performance, and hard work.