The short answer is: rocket science!!  Of course…but how really?  First, let’s congratulate and recognize the ESA (European Space Agency) who sent the Rosetta spacecraft with the Philae lander onto Comet 67P/C-G.  A truly awesome and historic accomplishment!!!  Hurray for another epic, cosmic score for rocket science! http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta_overview It takes an entire multi-disciplinary team to […]

Tip #2 in “How To Be a Rocket Scientist” is to expand your concept of rocket science.  The old and popular players (like NASA) are still out there.  But there are MANY MANY other companies and institutions that play innovative, critical, and interesting roles in the aerospace world.  They may be small, specialized niche-serving companies.  […]

Carissa Chang Cress with US News & World Report published this great article on November 6, 2014 that is fully loaded with scholarship options and resources for people seeking aerospace degrees and careers.  A smart rocket scientist always looks for ways to move ahead with less drag and additional thrust (being more efficient in the […]

If you are someone considering a career in aerospace, you may have people telling you it’s not a good time for it.  You might be telling yourself this too.  A bad recession, layoffs in the defense industry, some major accidents… Yes, these are real and unfortunate.  Times are tough in many ways.  A lot like […]

At the same time I’m launching this website, the aerospace world had two major, public setbacks.  First was the explosion of the Orbital Science Antares rocket on October 28, 2014.  Then three days later, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed, sadly killing the co-pilot Michael Alsbury and seriously injuring the pilot Peter Siebold.  My thoughts of sympathy […]

This blog is hereby launched!  Upward and onward! “I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.” — David Livingston