An Astronaut & A Rock Star Walk Into VentureCrush: Commander Mark Kelly & Laura Marling Discuss Leadership, Creativity & Science

I had the privilege of interviewing both Laura Marling and Space Shuttle Commander Mark Kelly together at our VentureCrushAV event in New York in October 2017. As explained next, the discussion has renewed relevance right now.

In early 2019, Commander Mark Kelly announced he was running for the United States Senate. Two weeks ago, Politico reported that Commander Kelly’s Senate race “will likely be one of the most expensive and closely watched campaigns of the cycle in an emerging presidential battleground.” That same article also reported that Commander Kelly's Republican opponent was “shaking up her campaign team ahead of her 2020 race, turning the page on her disappointing loss last year as she tries to protect a critical battleground Senate seat…” (June 24, 2019)