Rick TumlinsonSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

He is also the founder of the EarthLight Institute and the Texas Space Alliance, as well as co-founder of the 24-year-old Space Frontier Foundation. He is a published author, dynamic speaker, leading authority on human space policy, and founder of Orbital Outfitters, the world's first commercial spacesuit company. Mr.

Tumlinson's keynotes encourage people to bring their innate spirit of adventure and innovation to business, life, and community. Mr. Tumlinson takes you on a journey from the beginnings of our efforts to reach space, through today's space revolution, and into his incredible vision of the future.

We are never more alive than when we are on the verge of death, says Rick. He makes the argument that we need frontiers of all kinds to flourish and evolve, whether it's a first-time rocket launch, a first kiss, or a new course for civilization.

He is a frequent writer to the Huffington Post and the space industry publication Space News and is a sought-after speaker in the space business.

Tumlinson's works and quotations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, the Houston Chronicle, the Washington Post, and a variety of other newspapers across the world, including The Economist and China's People's Daily.

Tumlinson's work has appeared in several editions of Popular Science, as well as Time Magazine, Reader's Digest, and other publications.

Rick has been on CNN and, more recently, Fox News, as well as television shows including ABC's World News Tonight, the CBS Morning Show, and the CBS Evening News, as well on television sets from Russia to China's CCTV and the BBC. Tumlinson was one of 20 people invited to the White House to hear President George W.

Bush reveal his plans to return to the Moon and explore Mars in 2004. He contributed to the formation of NASA's Lunar Exploration Analysis Group and edited Return to the Moon, a collection of articles on Lunar colonization and development written by renowned space scientists. He's presently working on an asteroid book and creating a new asteroid mining firm.

Tumlinson was named one of the 100 most influential people in the space industry by Space News magazine in 2004, with the following description: "Part agitator, part operator, Tumlinson has spent the past two decades advocating for human exploration and settlement of the solar system, and has been a strong advocate of creating commercial opportunities at the Russian Mir space station and at the international space station."