General Pete Worden (Full Interview)

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In our latest piece of bonus content, writer Adrián Duston-Muñoz chats with retired Air Force General Pete Worden about the rough road of innovation, the importance of never compromising your principles, and the search of intelligent life beyond our world. Dr. S. “Pete” Worden, (Brig Gen, USAF, Ret, PhD) is Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Executive Director of the foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona. After several US Air Force positions and a research professorship in astronomy at the University of Arizona, Dr. Worden was Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center until retiring on March 31, 2015. From 2017 to the present, Brigadier General Worden is an Advisor to the Luxembourg Space Agency and was appointed as a Knight-Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in 2018 for his space services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices