Project Loon is still an experimental technology and we're not quite sure how well it will work, but we hope it helps get people the information and communication they need to get through this unimaginably difficult time,» Alastair Westgarth,
head of Project Loon, says in a blog post.
Astro Teller, the
head of X, had this to say in a statement about the new hire: «Under Mike's scrappy, entrepreneurial leadership,
Loon moved from science
project to viable venture, and Tom's valuable industry experience will help launch us into the commercial stage
of this moonshot.»