This week we visit South Dakota! The Mount Rushmore State is home to tremendous air and space power leaders, including Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Troy Meink and Medal of Honor Recipient Joe Foss, who netted 26 aerial victories in the Pacific theater during World War II. The state is also home to Ellsworth Air Force Base, key industry players that support the Artemis program, as well as NASA Astronauts Charles Gemar and Michael Fossum.
* South Dakota School of Mines and Technology – Classroom Building – Rapid City, Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
To learn more, please visit these websites:
Joe Foss
Charles Gemar
Michael Fossum
Dr. Troy Meink
RPM Innovations, Inc.
South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
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Charles GalbreathDirector and Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Heather PenneyDirector of Studies and Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesCredits
Producer
Shane Thin
Executive Producer
Doug Birkey