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Rick Tumlinson is the co-founder of several space companies and non-profits including Deep Space Industries, , the , and the Space Frontier Foundation. He is an active space entrepreneur and space activist. He has testified on space-related topics before the U.S. Congress six times since 1995. In 2004, Space News magazine listed Tumlinson as one of the 100 most influential people in the space industry, stating: