LAS CRUCES, NM - Ua hauʻoli ʻo Virgin Galactic i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ke koho ʻana o ka luna hoʻokele NASA mua ʻo Michael P. Moses ma ke ʻano he Hope Pelekikena o nā Hana. He mau lā wale nō ma mua o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻana o ke keʻena hana o ka hui ma Spaceport America ma New Mexico, ua kapa ʻo Virgin i ke alakaʻi hoʻokipa kanaka i mahalo nui ʻia e nānā i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hana āpau o ka papahana suborbital spaceflight kalepa o ka hui ma ka pūnaewele.
Ma hope o kahi ʻoihana koʻikoʻi ma ka Polokalamu Space Shuttle i hoʻomaha hou ʻia e NASA, ua lawe ʻo Mose iā Virgin Galactic i kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia o ka palekana, kūleʻa a paʻa i nā mikiona mokulele kanaka, nā hana spaceport, a me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka papahana mokulele kanaka. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka NASA Kennedy Space Center ma Florida ma ke ʻano he Launch Integration Manager mai 2008 a hiki i ka pae ʻana o ka huakaʻi Shuttle hope loa i Iulai 2011. ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka mālama ʻana i nā hana hoʻoponopono Space Shuttle mai ka pae ʻana ma ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a no ka nānā ʻana i nā milestones nui e komo pū ana. mākaukau hope no ka lele ʻana.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Mose ma ke ʻano he poʻo o ka Pūʻulu Hoʻokele Misiona e hāʻawi ana i ka mana hoʻoholo hoʻoholo hope loa no nā mikiona hope he 12 o ka Space Shuttle Program, e nānā pono ana i nā lele palekana a kūleʻa o 75 mau astronauts.
E hoʻomohala a alakaʻi ʻo Mose i ka hui kuleana no nā hana mokuahi Virgin Galactic a me ka logistic, nā hana holo moku, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā hana ʻāina spaceport, me ka palekana o ka hana holoʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻokele pilikia ma ke ʻano nui.
"ʻO ka lawe ʻana mai iā Mike e alakaʻi i ka hui he waiwai nui ia i kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka palekana o ka hana a me ka kūleʻa i ko mākou mākaukau e hoʻomaka i nā hana ʻoihana," wahi a Virgin Galactic Pelekikena a me Luna Nui ʻo George Whitesides. "ʻO kāna ʻike a me kāna moʻolelo i nā ʻano āpau o ka hana spaceflight he kūʻokoʻa maoli. ʻO kāna manaʻo noʻonoʻo mua e lawe mai i nā haʻawina paʻakikī o ka lele kanaka i loko o kā mākou hana e pōmaikaʻi nui iā mākou. "
Ma mua o kāna kūlana NASA hou loa, ua lawelawe ʻo Mose ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele ma ka NASA Johnson Space Center kahi i alakaʻi ai ʻo ia i nā hui o nā mea hoʻokele lele i ka hoʻolālā, hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻano āpau o nā mikiona mokulele. Ma mua o ke koho ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele ma 2005, ua ʻoi aku ʻo Mose ma mua o 10 mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele lele ma ka Shuttle Propulsion and Electrical Systems Groups.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mose, "ʻOliʻoli nui wau e hui pū me Virgin Galactic i kēia manawa, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kumu e hiki ai i nā mokulele suborbital maʻamau. E hoʻonui ʻo Virgin Galactic i ka hoʻoilina o ka lele ʻana o ke kanaka ma mua o nā papahana aupuni kuʻuna i loko o ke kahua kūʻai kūʻai pilikino mua o ka honua.
Loaʻa iā Mose ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Physics mai ke Kulanui ʻo Purdue, he kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema lewa mai Florida Institute of Technology a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenekinia aerospace mai ke Kulanui ʻo Purdue. He ʻelua manawa i loaʻa iā ia ka NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi a me nā makana NASA.
