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Find STEM education resources with STEM is ELEMENTARY NEWSLETTER from Bob Claymier

Many teachers, administrators, parents, or community volunteers want to promote and provide more STEM in our schools.  That’s fantastic!  We need more champions for STEM!  (Just like we need more rocket scientists!) One excellent resource that I found and subscribe to is the STEM Is Elementary newsletter from Bob Claymier.  You can find it online […]


Find interviews with UAV leaders at DroneFlo

One of the most exciting and promising sectors in the aerospace industry is unmanned aircraft (or drones or Unmannned Air Vehicles – UAVs). Drone Flo is a website with many exclusive interviews with people taking charge and taking the lead in this rapidly evolving sector.  While we’re throwing out some acronyms, you should know that […]


Engineer your innovation blog has launched 2

We still need more rocket scientists!  But here is what else we need: engineers and engineering companies who  innovate successfully!  Combining the hard, analytical “stuff” with the squishy, artistic “stuff” of innovation and creativity is not easy.  Do it successfully and you create something awesome. I believe I have a lot to add there (or […]


Is warp drive possible – from Omaha? 2

I got this story from a good friend and colleague of mine in the aerospace world named Bill (who is deaf BTW, and that’s worth another post later).

You might want to remember the name David Pares.  You definitely want to watch this video and read this article from Omaha.com:

http://www.omaha.com/living/working-toward-a-warp-drive-in-his-garage-lab-omahan/article_b6489acf-5622-5419-ac18-0c44474da9c9.html?mode=jqm

David Pares is a professor at the University of Omaha.  He claims to have evidence already of bending space and shortening laser beams with his device in his garage.  The physics is inspired by accounts of pilots who have somehow instantaneously traveled hundreds of miles due to strong storms in the atmosphere (and it’s inspired by Star Trek, of course).

This is yet another reason why we still need more rocket scientists!  Is it really fair to believe that we’ve discovered and harnessed all of the energy and propulsion sources that are possible in this awesome, immense universe?  No, of course not.

It’s impossible to predict when or where (or if) we’ll ever discover warp drive and make it possible.  But it just might come from Omaha.  Or maybe someone reading this blog will have something to do with it…

Also worth asking: can you be deaf and work in aerospace?  Yes indeed!  It ain’t easy.  But then neither is rocket science.

Take care and take charge.

Here is David Pares’ company website for Space Warp Dynamics LLC (perfect name, right?!) http://swdllc.paresspacewarpresearch.org/

 


Rocket scientist jobs with SpaceX in TeXas

Does the “X” in Texas stand for SpaceX?!  For some fortunate rocket scientists it will! Thanks to the rapid-fire blogging of Robert Zimmerman (here), an article in the Brownsville Herald here talks about two job openings there with SpaceX.  I’ll summarize and comment now for your convenience (and hopefully insight). The two positions are for […]


2014 Year in Review with The Space Show 3

If you would rather listen to a recap and discussion of the year’s major topics in space flight rather than read about them (or you just can’t get enough of the topic), the December 22nd, 2014 issue of The Space Show is available now here for download. The guest with Dr. David Livingston was Tom […]


Aerospace 2014 Year in Review from AIAA

As we head toward the finish/start line for another big lap around our sun, let’s highlight some great resources that provide a recap of major aerospace accomplishments, developments, and disappointments from 2014. Recently I got my December issue of the magazine Aerospace America from AIAA (the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics).  This is their […]


Behind the Black for space news and commentary 1

One of my favorite sources for information and color commentary on space news is Robert Zimmerman.  You might say colorful commentary–it is safe language for young adults, so I don’t mean colorful in an R-rated sense.  I mean that his personality shows through and he doesn’t hide his true feelings.  He is very passionate and […]