The Founders

Anita Gale is a long-time veteran in the aerospace industry and is currently employed at Boeing.	Dick Edwards is a long-time veteran in the aerospace industry and is currently employed at Boeing.	Rob Kolstad has long-term interests in leadership activities. He is a computer scientist and manager by trade.

Competition Co-Founder Anita Gale (front row, center) has a long history with space settlement concepts. In this 1978 photo, the gentleman 2nd from left in the front row (next to Anita) is Dr. Gerard O'Neill, who led the first serious development of a space settlement design in the 1975 NASA Summer Study at Stanford University.