Dan Garretson, PhD
Founder and President of Orbital Progress
Dan Garretson is Founder and President of Orbital Progress, an independent nonprofit institute in Dallas focused on market formation in the space economy. As a portfolio lead at the Science and Technology Policy Institute, he supported the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on commercial space and the U.S. launch industrial base. At McKinsey, he led the global Advanced Industries knowledge agenda, including aerospace and defense. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical astrophysics from Harvard University.
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Rubio in Athens
Earlier this month Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered an important speech in Athens with the acropolis in the background. The Wall Street Journal editors described it as the speech of the year....
Texas Shariah Push
Islamic populations are growing in several states. I live in one of them: Texas. In the Dallas Fort Worth region, we’re seeing land purchases by Muslim organizations, along with well-developed plans f...
Does AI Have a Soul?
Decades ago, I was asked to write some short essays for a book addressing technology from a Christian perspective. In the entry on computers, I explained that just because a computer made some action...
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Protect Privacy Against Flock Cameras
Flock cameras are everywhere. While one camera is a tool, the more than 100,000 AI-powered cameras now posted around our nation are a new layer of dig...
Support the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
The abortion pill harms women and kills unborn children. Congress must act.