yus37
Oct 9, 7:48 PM
$FLY What's going on behind the scenes at Firefly
Thomas Zurbuchen, former NASA Science Chief, resigns from Firefly's board on September 30 with immediate effect, then shortly after joins Blue Origin in a senior executive role.
Makes me wonder how long he'd been in discussions with Blue Origin.
Both companies have serious lunar ambitions, but there's a big difference in resources. Blue Origin has Bezos backing it, while Firefly has to be much more selective with its capital.
Perhaps Zurbuchen simply saw a bigger opportunity at Blue Origin, with more resources and the ability to directly shape its lunar future. Hard to blame him if that's the case.
Still, Firefly loses valuable NASA experience and potentially useful connections, while bringing in Rick Ambrose, former head of Lockheed Martin Space.
And could losing Zurbuchen make any difference when competing for future NASA lunar contracts?
Interesting moves behind the scenes..
Any thoughts?
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