Past Forum Keynote



Ron Garan

Ron Garan

NASA Astronaut, Fighter Pilot, Social Entrepreneur
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Ron spent 178 days in space and traveled more than 71 million miles during 2,842 orbits of our planet. He flew on both the US space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, where he accomplished four spacewalks. Ron also spent eighteen days at the bottom of the ocean during a research mission held in the world’s only undersea research lab, Aquarius.

From his unique vantage point in space, Ron had a profound realization: If we can come together to build the most technologically advanced systems and machines in space surely, we can come together to solve some of the most pressing problems facing our world.