Robert L. Gibson

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946) is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut. Born in Cooperstown, New York, but considers the Lakewood area of east Long Beach, California, to be his hometown. Married to fellow astronaut Dr. M. Rhea Seddon of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and has four children. He enjoys home built aircraft, Formula One Air Racing, Unlimited Class Air Racing, running an... more

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Based in Poway, California, Benson Space Company is a commercial space tourism venture with an ambitious goal to be the first-to-market for commercial suborbital flights. Founder and CEO, Jim Benson, is dedicated to opening up space travel for all of humanity, creating the possibility that anyone...

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