The “Fake” Stuff

This is my Clearancejobs.com post about Bigelow Aerospace’s latest job posting for their “astronaut-in-space simulation studies“ program. Click on the title to find out more: “The “Fake Stuff”–work as a fake astronaut.”

Kickstarter and Cubesats=Cheaper space?

My Clearancejobs.com post regarding Kickstarter PocketQube. Relatively inexpensive satellites the size of a Rubik’s cube. Not much information about this (yet).

Robots in Space (hitching rides)

I’ve written about robotic satellites before, but this is different. First of all, it’s the Europeans and not the Chinese working with robots this time. And the type of robot is interesting, too. It’s not the satellite itself, but it’s what’s on the satellite. The UK DailyMailonline posted this article about robots with the ability […]

Leaving Military Space Operations

Of course, I did leave the military some time ago. And I haven’t looked back. Mistakes were made during my transition from military space operations to contractor. Some of those mistakes are what this Clearancejobs.com post is all about. Just click on the following link to read the post: “Lost in Military Transition: Considerations Before […]

Skybox: Youtube videos from space?

Skybox launched their satellite (with a few others) November 22. But they are beginning to get sample videos in from their SkySat-1 satellite out to the public. SkySat-1 is a sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) polar satellite going around the Earth around 450 Km (280 miles) from Earth’s surface. Skybox notes this satellite’s expected orbital […]