Let’s talk about a big challenge in the highly technical field of aerospace. In fact, this applies to a lot of technical fields. You can’t get a job without experience…yet you can’t get experience without a job! That’s the Catch-22 dilemma facing many graduates. It’s also a Catch-22 for professionals who want to make a […]
This past week I went to a local elementary school for their Career Day. The fifth graders had a few professionals from the area come in and spend 20 minutes with each class to talk about their careers and answer questions with the kids. I talked about aerospace engineering and rocket science. I showed a […]
This May 1st, 2015 article from The San Diego Union-Tribune describes several positive forces and trends for aerospace jobs in the San Diego, California metro area: Aerospace makes comeback in San Diego Southern California has one of the most exciting and remarkable histories when it comes to aerospace and aviation. Maybe that is the place […]
It’s a day to celebrate the inspiration and joy that the Star Wars saga has brought into our culture. George Lucas really made an epic impact. along with everyone else involved in the Star Wars movies. I found a few more good ways to celebrate than by just watching a Star Wars movie today. Click […]
There is no such thing as an overnight success in rocket science. But the Blue Origin news about their successful rocket launch on April 29th, 2015 caught a lot of people by surprise. Here is a video from the company that celebrates the first launch of the Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft: Here is the […]
If you care about continuing a vibrant STEM ecosystem and fostering a prosperous future of innovation and human achievement (like I do), read the latest (April 2015) edition of the STEAM newsletter from Georgette Yakman. It has an incredible amount of valuable content. Passing it along here so you can help yourself or help others […]
Thanks to a very powerful (and automatic) Google Alert that I set up, I found out about more powerful after school STEM programs from Ellen Lettvin in the US Department of Education: Engagement, Creativity and Inspiration Found in New Afterschool STEM Programs. One program mentioned here that you definitely should check out is the NASA […]
Have you ever come to this site, read a blog post or liked a picture, and wished you had a social network button to quickly and easily pass it along? Now you do! Here are the current choices. This is your chance to tell me in a comment below if I’m missing one that you […]
There is another rocket science blog out there on the leading edge of cyberspace…and it’s transmitting the progress of the Dawn spacecraft which recently entered into orbit around Ceres! Marc Rayman, the Dawn chief engineer and mission director at JPL, is the author of the blog. If you didn’t know, Ceres is a dwarf […]
Whenever I find another person or group who shares my mission to help people succeed with an aerospace career or mission, I love to promote them here. That’s what I’ll do now with the Outbound team. Here is how the Outbound group describes themselves and their purpose, according to their website: We are an independent […]
