Cheap Access To Space Symposium:
Visit http://www.space-frontier.org/CATS; this is a biggie. We've got Tom Clancy as our keynote speaker, the USAF pulled a Major off one of our panels because they decided he wasn't senior enough for this gig; we've had to upgrade our space to hold 600 people rather than the initially planned 250, and we're all going happily nuts. There's a Survey you can fill out at the web site; resposes will go to Congress, Dan Goldon, and industry leaders, among others. It's next week, (July 21-22), so the craziness is maximizing ...
Spaceport
I've been working with the Government of Ecuador for the past year to convince them to look into building a Spaceport facility high in the Andes and on the Equator. The folks in the Embassy here in DC are really interested; they've had a spate of domestic problems over the past year, which seem to have cleared up. Looks like I'll be heading to Quito in August or September to pitch the proposal directly ....
Day job -
Still at NASA/GSFC, working on MODIS (EOS-AM1, launching next June), Landsat 7, and Earth Observer 1 (EO-1), providing computer support as needed. Currently learning the vagarities of X-Windows programming ....
Dogs -
Working with PAW as webmaster and a foster home for dogs - we've had 50+ dogs stay with us over the past 2 years ... see http://www.access.digex.net/~rescue for our dog/cat rescue page.
Baseball -
Due to other activities, I'm no longer actively pursuing the job of Baseball Commissioner.
Anyway, there's the 60-second overview. Hope you're all having as much fun as I am!
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