NASA Headquarters contract archivist & trivia nut. Wanted to be an astronaut, but landed a bit short. Eclectic space/aero history, & historical mission reruns.
Washington, DC
Joined November 2010
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USAF is looking for flight attendants for charter flights to Area 51 - ow.ly/Y6pi30hIzdr Ability to speak Klingon, Gallifreyan, et c. a plus. Real opportunity, kidding re language skills.
In honor of 60th anniversary of Sputnik launch, the CIA has created a consolidated list of related declassed docs - ow.ly/WBQA30fDS5n
Want to be a NASA historian? Ames RC is hiring (contractor). Application information available at ow.ly/YD6530fvd0z
Happy Constitution Day! NASA is probably not the 1st thought w/Constitution, but LaRC checked its storage safety - ow.ly/xuEz30few4J
Cassini made a good end. Galileo, the first Jupiter orbiter, was also crashed into its planet ow.ly/D0UP30fbcTZ. Juno will be as well.
NASA has been researching hurricanes since 1961. First hurricane detected by satellite - ow.ly/Onoy30f0EC0 Esther viewed by TIROS III.
Charlie Bolden, the last NASA Administrator, was nominated for NASA Deputy Administrator in March 2002. He turned it down due to Afghan war.
The difference between safe and unsafe eclipse glasses - ow.ly/7zMb30evX5F Make sure to check yours before Monday!
Voyager Golden Record prepped for installation in spacecraft - ow.ly/X5m530e7bWw 12 copies of record made, 2 on V'gers 10 on earth.
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the Voyagers' launches this month, Voyager 2 and its payload shroud - ow.ly/EciT30e4MvQ
Pathfinder landed on Mars 20 years ago. When NASA broke the Internet - ow.ly/7zCN30duYZ7 This was 1 of my early Internet experiences.
Apollo 11 pre-flight quarantine - ow.ly/asgA30dmVTj Photographers get a blood test before taking photos of Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins.
Let's see...July 4, NASA, fireworks. How about a Shuttle launch? ow.ly/M9pT30dhx5U STS-121