Rocket Scientist
"Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

Born at an early age. Rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, simulated astronaut, Texas Longhorn, Parrothead, comic reader, craps shooter, night owl, scuba diver, nomad, Springsteen groupie, world traveler, scruffy-looking nerf-herder, burrito enthusiast, aloha-shirt wearer, Knight Who Says Ni, international scofflaw. Been to 48/50 states, 30/200 countries, 6 continents. I can ask for a beer in three languages.

I used to be able to fly and operate the Space Shuttle, but they went and retired it before I could go into space (that's me in the Shuttle Mission Simulator up top). Once got detained by the police in Prague. Once got pushed out of an airplane. Once met Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, told him to Walk This Way. Once had my picture taken aboard the Russian space station Mir. I was even an uncredited background extra in a Natalie Portman movie. True stories!

For over 20 years I worked at NASA where I trained Space Shuttle astronauts for fun & profit, and got to work in Mission Control. Then I spent 3 years in the Oil & Gas business and a year driving for Uber and Lyft, now I'm back in the space business. I work with the astronauts and flight controllers involved in spacewalks from the International Space Station and am helping to shape SPACEWALKS ON THE MOON! Over my career I developed skills like Controls & Systems training, console operations, human factors, cockpit display design, graphical user interface design, knowledge capture projects, technical writing, and curriculum development.

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