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SpaceCom Day 2 Opening Keynotes
- NASA Launch Operations Executive Outlook- Brian Hughes, Director, NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Commercial Outlook- Gwynne Shotwell (Invited), President and COO, SpaceX
Brian Hughes — NASA Launch Operations Executive Outlook
What he is speaking on:
The future of NASA launch operations and infrastructure, including Kennedy Space Center’s evolving role as a multi-user spaceport and the government-commercial partnerships required to support a growing launch economy.
Why he was chosen:
Brian Hughes represents the point where national strategy becomes operational reality. As NASA’s first Senior Director of Launch Operations, he leads Kennedy Space Center and oversees Wallops Flight Facility, giving him responsibility across two of the nation’s most important launch locations. His keynote provides the infrastructure and execution perspective that is especially relevant to SpaceCom’s Florida location and commercially focused audience.
Gwynne Shotwell — From Ambition to Operations: Scaling Commercial Space
What she would speak on:
How ambitious space concepts become sustainable operating businesses—including reusable launch, manufacturing scale, customer partnerships, mission cadence, and the leadership required to deliver transformational capabilities reliably.
Why she was chosen:
Gwynne Shotwell is one of the most consequential operating executives in the history of commercial space. As President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX, she has helped translate extraordinary technical ambition into launch services, spacecraft, infrastructure, and customer relationships operating at unprecedented scale. She offers the audience a rare perspective on how to build an organization capable of repeatedly executing missions once considered impossible.
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