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George Whitesides: “When I first arrived at Galactic in 2010, we were just…”

Featuring: George Whitesides, Democratic | U.S. House, California, District 27

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Published | Video Starts at 20:37

… don't know, love to kind of understand your thinking and kind of the major inflection points as you were holding virgin Galactic. Well, you know, I mean, it was funny. When I first arrived at Galactic in 2010, we were just closing a deal with Abu Dhabi to it had it had been delayed and had to go through a CFIUS process, which we successfully closed. and everything was moving forward. I think Richard coming to an agreement with an investor in Abu Dhabi in the heart of the financial crisis for a space tourism company, has probably got to be one of the greatest fundraising stories of all time. (20:37–20:52)

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