Competition is fierce in the economy. This applies to us at the individual level, the organizational level, and at the geographic level. For example, there was fierce competition between many cities to obtain one of the initial six FAA-authorized UAV test sites. Now each of these sites is serving as a regional business incubator and […]
After 9 and and half years of interplanetary space travel, the New Horizons spacecraft led by NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, and Southwest Research Institute has arrived at its primary destination of Pluto! My profound congratulations and admiration goes to everyone involved in the effort. It takes a special kind of person and effort […]
This week I had the pleasure and privilege of having a thoughtful discussion with two leaders at a local university. We were talking about education, specifically for aviation and aerospace. One of them, who happened to be the President of this University, made a great analogy to describe two different approaches or attitude in education. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
You don’t have to be an astronaut or rocket scientist to make a great contribution in aerospace and STEM education! Read this article in CollectSpace about a new initiative called ShareSpace which John Travolta and astronaut Buzz Aldrin are partnering on with a launch in 2015. This is fantastic news for anyone who wants […]
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 […]
