Virginia has repeatedly adapted to transportation revolutions — from railroads and interstate highways to commercial aviation, seaports and commercial spaceflight. Autonomous mobility represents another such transition.
Jack Kennedy
Jack Kennedy is a US Space Force Museum docent at Cape Canaveral Station, a former member of the Virginia Commercial Spaceflight Authority, and he a MS in Space Law and Policy from University of North Dakota. He also is a former state legislator and the retired Clerk of Court of Wise County, where he was elected as a Democrat.
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Kennedy: After touching the moon, Virginia’s Alexander Kaplan is building the future of reusable spacecraft
Virginia Tech grad was member of the team that worked on the Blue Ghost mission that landed on the moon. That team also won a prize that’s often compared to an Oscar in aviation and aerospace.
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Kennedy and Cox: Coal dust to orbit; Appalachia’s journey into space
Appalachian communities play a meaningful role in the aerospace age.
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Kennedy: NextEra-Dominion’s AI future could reshape Virginia’s economy — and its energy politics
If completed, the deal could impact shareholders, consumers, and future energy infrastructure from Northern Virginia to Wise and Halifax counties.
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From courthouse books to artificial intelligence: A message to the next generation of record keepers from a former court clerk
AI will not replace clerks of court. It will not replace lawyers, surveyors or bankers. And it should never replace official records. But used wisely, it can help people access, understand and use the public records they already own faster, better and cheaper.
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The next Nobel: Why the U.S. must lead space diplomacy
Next generation space truckin’ requires international highway rules.
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AI-powered entrepreneurship is one of the new Keys to Success
Napoleon Hill Foundation seeks to boost AI literacy in Appalachian Mountains.
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Investing in people: Don Green touts the ‘keys to success’
The former banker in Wise County now leads the Napoleon Hill Foundation, which seeks to preserve the legacy of an early self-help author who grew up in Southwest Virginia.
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Digital Dominion: Virginia’s place in the race for the data center future
We could put data centers in space. Here’s how.
