Enrico Palermo
Enrico Palermo is an Australian mechanical engineer, businessman and the Head of the Australian Space Agency. He was the former President of The Spaceship Company, which develops and manufactures spaceplanes for Virgin Galactic, and the former Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Galactic, whose VSS Unity is undergoing flight trials to become the world’s first passenger spaceplane.
Enrico Palermo | |
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| Head of the Australian Space Agency | |
| Assumed office 28 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Megan Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Nadia Palermo |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Mechanical engineer and businessman in aeronautics, VSS Unity and space tourism |
| Awards | Clough scholarship |
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