The biggest and best week of the year for lots of engineering (and future engineers) is coming up! February 22-28, 2015 is Engineer’s Week in the U.S. Thousands of events, programs, and activities are happening all around the country. Whether you are a student, parent, teacher, professional, or retiree there are fun and interesting things […]
It’s time for another Fun Friday post! And another anti-successory poster, as I like to call them. To be a successful aerospace professional or rocket scientist, you’ll need to be resourceful, creative, and determined. You’ll need to be a go-getter. (This week I just re-read this short and classic book: The Go-Getter: A Story That […]
Everybody has a unique story…where we came from, how we grew up, and where we want to go. The aerospace professions are HUGE when they are all put together. Over 1 million people can be considered to work in an aerospace field or industry. It includes commercial aviation, general aviation, commercial satellites, military and defense […]
In my book, How To Be a Rocket Scientist, I explain in Tip #2 that “rocket science” is actually a lot more than rockets. And science! These two things are popular and vital elements, of course. But the more accurate and comprehensive term is the aerospace field. Within that, we have space, aviation, aeronautics, and […]
Private or commercial space flight is moving ahead in the aerospace business. Do you want to be a part of it? Set a goal and start mapping out a career path, and it can happen! These companies and related agencies will need qualified people to make this business successful. Tip #3 is my book is […]
One of the resources I’ve mentioned in the book and on my website is The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston. (Here is my blog post to promote his 2014 Year in Review show.) He has produced over 1,000 shows with a tremendous number and quality of guests from many areas of the space world. […]
It’s time for another Fun Friday post! A few years ago I found a picture of this amazing stunt that some pilots did with their airplanes. It seems like a really bad idea to me, even though it’s impressive. So I made a poster to hang at my cubicle, to give myself and others a […]
My first guiding principal with this blog is to put out great content. By great I mean relevant, valuable, interesting, engaging, and fun. As I build a healthy inventory of content (and get more efficient adding more) I am putting more time and attention into the marketing and exposure for the blog. Great content doesn’t […]
Realistic fiction novels are a proven, effective, and FUN way to enjoy learning about any topic–especially for school-age children. History, biographies, science, psychology….and we also have rocket science and engineering!! Ken Hardman is a fellow aerospace engineer (AKA rocket scientist) at a Big aerospace company, who is also a talented short story writer. He has […]
It’s time for another Fun Friday post. Let’s talk about those motivational posters and billboards…you know what I mean. I do actually believe that positive motivation (or “brain food” as I call it) is essential to be happy and successful. For us as individuals and as organizations. But sometimes (too often) these posters for company […]
