Quantum technologist, NASA-trained Commercial Astronaut Christopher Altman

TRAINING DOCUMENTARY WITH CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER OF VIRGIN OCEANIC

Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.

                     — Buckminster Fuller

2011–present day — Following manned spaceflight training under direction of NASA at Ames Research Center and Johnson Space Center in 2009 and subsequent back-to-back research fellowships with Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger's research group in Austria, in April 2011 I was selected to train as a scientist-astronaut candidate for commercial suborbital and developing orbital flights with a newly-formed nonprofit endeavor that counts NASA, ESA and KSA astronauts, astronaut trainers and instructors among its astronaut corps and its board of advisors. I'm honored to be selected for the program, and tremendously excited about the opportunity. This is just the start of a long and challenging journey! The nascent field of commercial spaceflight—and the unique conditions afforded by space and microgravity environments—offer exciting new opportunities to conduct novel experiments in quantum entanglement, fundamental tests of spacetime, and large-scale quantum coherence. In pursuit of these goals, we have the opportunity to inspire our next generation of scientists, researchers and engineers.