GeekDad - The New Space Generation

Small, but very good interview from GeekDad:

Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides sees the future of space in the eyes of students. Not as the "coveted 18-24 demographic", but as leaders of the new space industry. To her, space-interested science and engineering students in high school and college right now are "one in a million," and she wants them to train to be the next Buzz Aldrin, Sally Ride, Burt Rutan, or Elon Musk.

She should know. As an astrobiologist, Virgin Galactic advisor, Wired blogger, and Zero G flight director, she's seen her share of the Right Stuff. She's followed James Cameron to the bottom of the ocean and led 70,000 people to a party at NASA. Space is personal for her, too: she and her husband, National Space Society director George T. Whitesides, will honeymoon on one of the first Virgin Galactic suborbital flights. Recently she agreed to answer a few Geekdad questions. Read the full interview after the jump.

Geekdad: What is the Space Generation? Who are they?

Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides: Space Generation is a network of young space professionals around the planet. They are passionate about building community, training and developing themselves, sharing their passion for space with the public and using space to make a difference here on our favorite planet: Earth.