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George Nield

George Nield

Chair, Global Spaceport Alliance

Dr. George C. Nield serves as the Chairman of the Global Spaceport Alliance.  He has more than 50 years of aerospace experience with the United States Air Force (USAF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and in private industry.  In March of 2022 he flew to space on the fourth human flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.  He had previously been the associate administrator for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation and was responsible for licensing and regulating all commercial launch activities.  Prior to joining the FAA, Dr. Nield served as Senior Scientist for the Advanced Programs Group at the Orbital Sciences Corporation.  His earlier assignments include working as an Astronautical Engineer at the Space and Missile Systems Organization, a Flight Test Engineer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, and an Assistant Professor and Research Director at the USAF Academy.  He was the Manager of the Flight Integration Office for the Space Shuttle Program at the NASA Johnson Space Center, and later worked on both the Shuttle/Mir Program and the International Space Station Program.  A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, he holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and an MBA from George Washington University.  He is also a Flight Test Engineering graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School.  Dr. Nield is a registered Professional Engineer and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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