Broken American Space Policy exclamation point…

I wrote a longer than anticipated series about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA–and darn it, I just noticed it’s Oceanic and not Oceanographic) problems in getting just one satellite up into space. The NOAA’s problems are so bad, they had to have an Independent Review Team get into their business, note the problems, […]

The Soviet moon probe activities

The Chinese moon rover has prompted a few people to write about the Soviet lunar probe program. If you’re interested, then check out my article here.

Military Space Operators and the problem of translating skills

Here it is, another post of mine right here on Clearancejobs.com. It’s essentially about the problem of identifying skills certain space operators might have, if they’ve experienced space broadly. A bit of a paragraph for you, but you’ll have to go there to read the rest: “Skills translation is a tough job in any industry. […]

NOAA’s low hanging problem–Part 8

Let’s talk about reality and inertia in a government organization, then. Those two words are why the Independent Review Team’s (IRT’s) satellite “gap-filler” recommendation in its 2013 assessment will turn out to be a lot more taxpayer money spent with miniscule return. The reality is the IRT’s recommendation is to and for the National Oceanographic […]

My second post on Clearancejobs.com

Okay, so the cat’s now out of the bag. I’ve just started writing freelance for Clearancejobs.com. They liked what they saw here, and are giving me an opportunity to write some posts for them. I will still be writing posts on The Mad Spaceball, but I will also be writing posts for Clearancejobs.com. If a […]