Curious Minds Presents:

"Firefly Aerospace – See You on the Darkside of the Moon” in 2027!

Dane Drefke is the Director of Launch Site Operations for Firefly

Aerospace at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Space Force

Base.  He leads an on-site team of 26 full-time employees tasked with

maintaining the launchpad in a state of operational readiness.  During

launch campaigns that number will triple as personnel from Texas come to support the assembly, test and launch of the company’s Alpha launch vehicle.  Missions from this launch site support US Space Force national security readiness, US Dept of Defense technology development, NASA earth sciences and exploration as well as commercial communications and technology missions.

Dane will give an overview of Firefly Aerospace.  Who they are, what they do, how they’re growing, and the mission to the moon they completed in 2025. (Blue Ghost mission 1).  Their current target is the Darkside of the Moon in 2027!

Dane has spent the last 30 years in the Aerospace industry supporting the Delta II, Delta IV and Atlas V missions from both coasts, and most recently was the ground crew commander for the human spaceflight Starliner program which flew on an Atlas V in 2024, carrying astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Willaims to the International Space Station.

Beverages and light refreshments will be served.

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