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. […]

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 […]

Tips for the GEOINT geek in your life

Taking a slight break for the NOAA series today. It’s good for both of us, really! NASA’s Earth Observatory team posted a few tips on 18 November which may be useful to those of you interested in understanding imagery better. You can go to their post, How to Interpret a Satellite Image: Five Tips and Strategies, […]

NOAA’s low hanging problem–Part 2

I mentioned yesterday two sites had reported about the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) urgency to build a replacement satellite. This urgency was established in an Independent Review Team (IRT) report produced on November 8 of this year. I have a link to a copy of the IRT report here. But it probably wouldn’t hurt […]

World Time Z–Zulu Time, that is–Part 3

Zulu time is Z-time. It’s really that simple. It means zero hours, describing the offset of time from the Greenwich Mean Time longitude line. Why Zulu and not Zero or Z? It has to do with the alphabet and clear communications. It has to do with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) needs and that […]