Check out the James Webb launched in December. Replacing the Hubble .
Yup, that's where the first image (on the left) in the pic above came from.
BWR, yes I love that stuff I did get to watch Webb being built it was unreal and huge! If folks are not involved in these things they cannot under stand what they do and how they work not there fault. I did work at the base on complex 40 and 41 for a few years was the best job I never thought I would ever have.Plus I did get to see the 100in. telescope at Mt. Wilson and they still have the stool that DR. Hubble would sit on to use the telescope. That last launch was one of ours I did not get to go see live but watched I on line.Yup, that's where the first image (on the left) in the pic above came from.
I was a NASA Space Systems engineer for 20+ years. A friend of mine was a manager on the Hubble Project. I also worked in DoD and commercial programs and flew satellites while in the USAF.
I never tire of space stuff. There was a launch from Cape Canaveral less than an hour ago this morning, which would have been visible from my front porch, but I slept through it.
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My favorite space job was as a Senior Mission Controller on the Galileo Deep Space Probe. I would have done that job for free, had I been able. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/galileo
Looking at things from that larger, universal view, really makes human pettiness seem ridiculous by comparison.
Way cool! Enjoy hearing stories myself. My youngest daughter is starting her junior year of college as a chem major. She doesn't want to teach, she wants research and has been looking hard at opportunities within NASA. She says after grad school that is where she wants to head!I was a NASA Space Systems engineer for 20+ years. A friend of mine was a manager on the Hubble Project. I also worked in DoD and commercial programs and flew satellites while in the USAF.
slept through it.
Some of us wear our “Speck” proudly!
I saw this launch the other day and recorded it . I think it was around 6:30 that morning . Even from Clay Co where I was working it was a good view ..Yup, that's where the first image (on the left) in the pic above came from.
I was a NASA Space Systems engineer for 20+ years. A friend of mine was a manager on the Hubble Project. I also worked in DoD and commercial programs and flew satellites while in the USAF.
I never tire of space stuff. There was a launch from Cape Canaveral less than an hour ago this morning, which would have been visible from my front porch, but I slept through it.
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My favorite space job was as a Senior Mission Controller on the Galileo Deep Space Probe. I would have done that job for free, had I been able. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/galileo
Looking at things from that larger, universal view, really makes human pettiness seem ridiculous by comparison.
I wish that I could share some of the "exciting" stories... but those happened while I was in the USAF and are still classified even now.
Bwaaahaahaa!Some of us wear our “Speck” proudly!
Yeah, I hate when I miss seeing the launches. I hope to take my family over to the Cape and catch one close up in the not too distant future.
... but those happened while I was in the USAF and are still classified even now.
Ha ha ha ha!
