PETER DIAMANDIS is Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, best known for its $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight; Co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of Human Longevity Inc.; Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Singularity University; Co-Founder/Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources; Co-Founder of Space Adventures and Zero-Gravity Corporation; he earned an undergraduate degree in Molecular Genetics and a graduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from the MIT, and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School; his mission is to open the space frontier for humanity.”
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