Unless you're an employee in some capacity of the aerospace industry, you've probably completely missed last weeks flurry of activity by "inside people" over NASA's release of their budget request. The industry is full of technical jargon and more or less exists in it's own little sub culture. Subculture is fine, it promotes community. But... Continue Reading →
Spaceflight, now with more cleavage
The men who ran the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs were men of legend. Tough, chance taking heroes who would bet their lives on their skills rather than "err on the side of caution". They were "we're doing this today, so I'm going to piss in my spacesuit rather than scrub the mission" kinda guys.... Continue Reading →
