Momentus CEO Mikhail Kokorich resigns before SPAC debut — Quartz
January 25, 2021 The Russian founder and CEO of Momentus Space resigned today after investigations into his access to restricted space technology interfered with his company’s attempt to go public through a purchase by a blank-check company. The company’s board said Mikhail Kokorich’s resignation came in “an effort to expedite the resolution of U.S. government national security and foreign ownership concerns surrounding the Company, the existence of which the Company recently has confirmed.” Quartz first reported these concerns in Nov. 2020, detailing how Kokorich started Momentus t...