Weekly Spatial Resolutions

Stories I happened upon during the past week. “…the Government Accountability Office warned that costs for national security space launches are rising…” Aand, here we go again: http://spacenews.com/congressional-auditors-raise-red-flags-on-eelv-costs-national-security-launch-industrial-base/. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an annual report and noted AGAIN concerns about excessive costs surrounding the United States Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program […]

Fast Food, USAF, Teams, and Motivation, Part 2

Just letting you know right now–the only thing space-related in this series of posts is the organization I currently work for. The series is mainly about leadership, motivation, and what worked for me, as well as why. If that’s not your gig, I get it. There will be more space topics later, I promise. In […]

Is There a Way to “Predict” the Space Industry’s Future?

In a previous post, “Which is the “Good” Future?,” I hinted at trends helpful to figuring out what the Space Industry’s future might be. Near the end of the post, I set out a few bullets to help show what trends might be helpful to watch. Let’s start this post with the obvious: I don’t […]

The Mission Readiness Review–Episode 6: The FCC’s CYA with RoE Makes Startups PCS OCONUS FTW

This site contains my opinions and ideas only, not the opinions or ideas of any organization I work for. It’s my idea playground, and I’m inviting you in. Welcome! Click on the link below to get the latest TMRR episode. https://tmrr.podbean.com/e/episode-6-the-fcc%e2%80%99s-cya-with-roe-makes-startups-pcs-oconus-ftw/ We’re back. On this episode, we talk about: Is the life of Pai a […]

Which is the “Good” Future?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot, in part because of SpaceX’s success with its Falcon Heavy (FH) launch. And, in part because of the inevitable responses to that success from the expected originators of those responses. Responses were predictable. A certain, seemingly interminable, government rocket-building program put shields up, throwing out all sorts of […]