BOTHELL, Wash. — Washington resident Jeff Thornburg has an impressive and lengthy resume.

He’s worked for NASA, SpaceX, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and Paul Allen.

All of that experience led him to where he is now: The owner of his own company, Portal Space Systems, and creating a brand new type of space vehicle.

It’s called Supernova. It’s described as the world’s first multi-role space superiority platform.

ARC Seattle’s Holly Menino sat down with Thornburg to find out what the Supernova can do and how it’ll help the U.S. in the space race.

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