Rocket scientists and other workers at NASA JPL held their annual pumpkin carving contest. It was awesome in a way that only rocket scientists can deliver. Check it out by clicking the image below and enjoy more from the NASA pumpkin carving contest. If you are on Twitter, look for #NASApumpkin. (Look for me there […]
Are you feeling lonely? Like you want to find other people who share your passions and interests, but don’t know where they are? Maybe you’ve looked on Meetup.com. You’ve done a search for “aerospace [your city here]” and it’s come up empty. (If you haven’t done that yet, now is your chance.) Maybe you have […]
If you are a parent, teacher, friend, colleague, mentor, or relative of anyone in middle school who shows any interest in space travel, tell them about the Generation Beyond program from Lockheed Martin. This article from engadget gives an excellent overview of the STEM program that focuses on aerospace technologies and careers. Here is a […]
I have big news to share with readers of this blog. My humble thanks and appreciation for all of you who have subscribed! You’ll still see this relates to how to be a successful rocket scientist or aerospace engineer, so I hope you’ll learn something interesting too. Times are tough for many people who want […]
Today is a big day for the unmanned aerial system (UAS) industry in the United States. The FAA released the complete set of operational rules for routine commercial use of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) We are now in a 60 day review and comment period. That means these rules should take effect on August […]
Aerial drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles – UAVs) are destined to transform our world. Through industry, academia, recreation, sports, movies, transportation… they are a disruptive innovation that will be used in all of these areas. If you loved computers or computer programming ten years ago, and were looking for a long term career path, what […]
How did I miss this for so long?! Another aerospace engineer has been creating amazing videos on YouTube to help people get smarter every day. Meet Destin from the SmarterEveryDay YouTube channel: This particular video from 2015 talks about the numerous setbacks that Space-X and other launch vehicles had in 2015 to deliver supplies to […]
Here comes a valuable and exclusive set of videos and presentations to help you advance your career in aerospace. You will be using two of the tips from How To Be a Rocket Scientist when you click the links below: Tip #7: Use free and informal education resources Tip #10: Appreciate and work on the […]
Eventually! Sure, it will take many more years. Probably several more lifetimes of people like those in the announcement this week that gravitational waves were discovered after two black holes collided. We know that gravity exists. But we don’t understand it well enough yet to create a gravity engine or anti-gravity machine. Eventually perhaps a […]
No, it isn’t my book! But Tip #4 in How To Be a Rocket Scientist is to read a book on rocket science. One of the books on my short list is about the Shuttle Challenger accident, which happened 30 years ago today, on January 28, 1986. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle […]
