Hasselblad H3D-39
ƒ/16
80 mm
1/250
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Photographer: “Think rocket thoughts”

So we did… in a spontaneous reaction of curiosities…

I organized an ad-hoc gathering of rocketry enthusiasts:
• Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic
• Peter Diamandis, X-Prize
• Eric Anderson, CEO of Space Adventures and Zero-G board member, now CEO of Planetary Resources
• Kimbal Musk, SpaceX
• Me, geek hobbyist wannabe

Group portrait by Art Streiber with a Hasselblad H3D at TED, all rights reserved.

22 responses to “Rocket Boys”

  1. nels1 Avatar
    nels1

    hahaha! awesome…i love the "make like a rocket" pose!

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  2. benjiman Avatar
    benjiman

    Form of…… AN ICE ROCKET!!!

    Sorry, thought of The Wonder Twins for some reason… Carry on.

    And BIG UPs to all these fellows for taking the future in hand and MAKING IT HAPPEN.

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  3. twoeightnine Avatar
    twoeightnine

    when i grow up i want to be sir richard.

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  4. Leino88 Avatar
    Leino88

    you …. seem to be pointing a little off trajectory.
    😛

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  5. TomOwen Avatar
    TomOwen

    Those guys play with Reeelay Reeealy BIG Rockets!! Great Group, Cool shot!

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  6. _sarchi Avatar
    _sarchi

    mantlepiece centrefold

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    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

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  7. -vEnkAt- Avatar
    -vEnkAt-

    kewl shot 🙂

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  8. Todd Huffman Avatar
    Todd Huffman

    Yours is totally the best ‘rocket thought’.

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  9. parsimonious giraffe Avatar
    parsimonious giraffe

    Kimbal! I used to work with him and Elon at Zip2. Brilliant boys, the Musks. So glad to see their continued success!

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  10. Josh Thompson Avatar
    Josh Thompson

    The ability to prod those expressions out of people is why I’m an amateur and this photographer carries around an O($10k) camera…..

    Good job looking pointy.

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    Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)

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  11. aeroculus Avatar
    aeroculus

    great photo…and quite a crowd. when you publish your memoirs, please do remember to include the discussion notes from that gathering!

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  12. Telstar Logistics Avatar
    Telstar Logistics

    I love this.

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  13. learned move Avatar
    learned move

    Wonderful picture, really captured characters. Fun!!!!

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  14. msamaclean © Avatar
    msamaclean ©

    I bet you’re a pro @ ‘I’m a Little Teapot’! lol Great gathering. I echo benjiman, they are making things happen! Where’s Burt Rutan? Weren’t two of you in DEVO??? 😉

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  15. zenera Avatar
    zenera

    J*…and I think it’s gonna be a long long time…

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  16. supreme zebra Avatar
    supreme zebra

    Very nice! Maybe a future classic…

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  17. LA Lassie Avatar
    LA Lassie

    Nice shot…..excellent really.

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  18. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Thanks y’all.

    TED just published a video of the short rocket talk I gave right before Branson…

    Weekends were made for rocketry

    and Branson’s talk

    Richard Branson Retrospectacle

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  19. benjiman Avatar
    benjiman

    Nice little vid SJ. Kind of a Best Of for your rocket snaps, and it captures your love of the craft/hobby/thrill/mystery.

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  20. brian Braun Avatar
    brian Braun

    this is really cool. Branson is a big hero of mine

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  21. fcsuper Avatar
    fcsuper

    I would like to invite you to add this photo to the new Sir Richard Branson group:
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/sirrichardranson

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  22. solerena Avatar
    solerena

    Great shot, another deja vu:)

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