Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp delivers 2025 Lester D. Gardner Lecture

“It was incredible to see the curiosity and energy from the MIT students,” said Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, of his visit to AeroAstro to deliver the 2025 Lester D. Gardner Lecture in September. His talk, titled “Let’s Build the Road to Space,” described Blue Origin’s vision for the future of space: making it possible for millions of people to live and work beyond Earth.

“An added bonus was seeing many of our previous Blue Origin interns who just wrapped up their projects with us and recently returned to campus,” said Limp. “It was such an honor to be this year’s Gardner Lecturer and Blue Origin looks forward to continuing the strong relationship with MIT as we build a road to space for the benefit of earth.”

The Gardner Lecture is made possible by a bequest of Major Lester D. Gardner (class of 1898) to sponsor an annual presentation on aeronautical history.