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John Thornton: “All good ideas start as crazy ideas and then they become reality.”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2017
All good ideas start as crazy ideas and then they become reality.
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John Thornton
Louisiana

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Thornton reflects on the evolution of ideas in the space industry.

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