Mike Gold is the Executive Vice President for Civil Space and External Affairs at Redwire Space.  In this capacity Mr. Gold supports the company’s business development efforts as well as government and media relations.  Prior to joining Redwire Space, Mr. Gold was NASA’s Associate Administrator for Space Policy and Partnerships and also served as Acting Associate Administrator for the Office of International and Interagency Relations.

Before joining NASA, Gold was Vice President of Civil Space at MAXAR Technologies and General Counsel for the company’s Radiant Solutions Business Unit.  Gold also spent thirteen years at Bigelow Aerospace where he established the company’s Washington office, oversaw the launches of the Genesis 1 and 2 spacecraft, and was a recipient of a NASA Group Achievement award for his role in the development and deployment of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) on the International Space Station.  In 2012, Gold was appointed Chair of the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee, holding this position until joining NASA in 2019.  In 2018, Mr. Gold was appointed to the NASA Advisory Council and served as Chair of its Regulatory and Policy Committee.

Mr. Gold currently serves on the Board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, and from 2014 – 2017 he was a member of the National Academies Space Technology Industry-Government- University Roundtable.  Gold was awarded NASA’s Outstanding Leadership Medal in recognition for his leadership of the Artemis Accords, the Gateway MOUs, and other interagency policy development and coordination efforts.  Gold has authored three law review articles on the topic of commercial space and export control reform and has testified several times before the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate as a commercial space expert.

Gold graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of New York.

Gold is the Honorary Counselor of The Off-World Approach and serves as an Advisor on the Advisory Council.

“Establishing norms of behavior is critical for the safe, successful, and sustainable development of space.  I’m thrilled that the Hague Institute is tackling this vital topic to help ensure a peaceful and prosperous future in space for all of humanity to enjoy.”

– Michael Gold