May 8, 2026 · 38 min · 21 segments
Michelle Christensen is a Mission Operations Integrations Lead of Luna Permanence at Blue Origin. She was previously a Flight Director for New Shepard Mission Operations and Engines Test Lead…
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You know, when I joined, nobody had launched and landed a rocket like we had.
Um, and, and then SpaceX did shortly after New Shepard, so, um, there was not a lot known.
I, I always thought, you know, as a young kid, I'd work at NASA, and then I saw how much, uh, [laughs] things would shift depending on the, who was in, in office-
And so to me, working for somebody that had the funding and the vision, you know, his vision of millions of people living and working in space, that was just something that, to me, felt long-term sustaining, uh, and just what I knew I had to be part of.
You know, when I joined, nobody had launched and landed a rocket like we had.
Um, and, and then SpaceX did shortly after New Shepard, so, um, there was not a lot known.
I, I always thought, you know, as a young kid, I'd work at NASA, and then I saw how much, uh, [laughs] things would shift depending on the, who was in, in office-
And so to me, working for somebody that had the funding and the vision, you know, his vision of millions of people living and working in space, that was just something that, to me, felt long-term sustaining, uh, and just what I knew I had to be part of.
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