Veronique Balsa Koken has been active in the Air & Space communities for decades. Holding a M.S. degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and as a Captain in the United States Air Force (USAF) Auxiliary, Veronique taught Aerospace at NASA as well as the USAF Auxiliary. She was President of Aurora Aerospace, a space training company, for eight years, during which she was also a zero-gravity coach.
Veronique's research paper on black holes from her studies on Modern Theoretical Physics at Stanford University was selected at the 2006 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) organized by the National Space Society, and following that, she made multiple presentations at the ISDC as well as at the European Space Agency. Her goal for the future is to travel in space.