Dear aerospace / aviation pursuers and learners (and all others impacted by books that I have produced or published on your behalf), I have regretful and uncomfortable news to share. Yesterday, on. May 25th, 2021, I was sent an email from Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) that began like this: Hello, We are terminating your […]
Thanks to a new renaissance of space flight, several companies and nations are working toward the return of people to our Moon. This time, we will be there TO STAY. The day (and night) when we can look up to our Moon and say “there are people living up there” will be here soon.Our children and […]
The dearMoon mission contest (which I first wrote about here: Bringing an artist mindset to rocket science with the dearMoon mission) is still underway. Everyone who pre-registered and wanted to continue for a chance to be one of 8 people on the 2023 SpaceX Starship flight around the moon with Yusaka Maezawa (MZ) and his […]
Note from Brett: This is a special and exclusive guest post from Tom Cooke, co-Founder and CEO of Spacely. Two of the major take-aways I want people to understand and appreciate from my book “How To Be a Rocket Scientist” (and by extension this website) is that an entrepreneurial mindset is essential in today’s world. […]
Hopefully you already know that Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa (MZ is his nickname) has purchased an entire set of seats – 12 total – for a SpaceX Starship flight around the moon in 2023. If you haven’t seen an inspiring video with MZ and Elon Musk about this dearMoon mission, I’ll provide a link below. […]
On Saturday, February 6th, 2021, I’m happy and grateful to be the guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the North Houston Space Society. If you want to learn how books aimed specifically at children can help us achieve a better future with space exploration, I hope you’ll join us. Go to the space society’s […]
Exploring in simulated lunar caves. Launching high altitude balloons. Programming robots and autonomous vehicles. Designing and producing objects with 3-D printers. This is how advancing careers in space is done with the WEX Foundation, an educational nonprofit based in San Antonio, Texas, that happens to be founded by a sought-after space architect, Sam Ximenes. The […]
The sooner we can bring people into a happy, successful, and fulfilling life trajectory, the better. This is the conclusion that I have been moving toward as I ask myself what other books I can make that are related to rocket science, space exploration, aerospace, and aviation. If we are ever going to realize our […]
What is the youngest age that we can inspire kids with the topic of space exploration? As someone who wants to see more “rocket scientists” in the world, that is a question I’ve been asking myself as 2020 comes to a close. For the teachers and educators out there – When is the soonest in […]
Watch my interview with Nathan Price from CountdownToTheMoon.org about NASA’s return of humans to the moon in 2024.
