There are selfies, and then there’s my space selfie, a photo that quite literally has Earth as its backdrop. Thanks to the Space Selfie project by Mark Rober and CrunchLabs, I got to send a picture of my family into orbit aboard the SAT GUS satellite and have it photographed against the majestic curve of our planet. 🚀 How It Happened I uploaded my photo … Continue reading I Successfully Deployed My Face to LEO
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The Journey Begins On February 2, 2023, I embarked on an exhilarating project to build a high power rocket capable of breaking the sound barrier. The vision for this rocket, aptly named “Mach Maxima,” was my most ambitious project to date. I chose the Mach1 Chimera 65 kit for its ability to withstand supersonic flight and quality of components. This kit includes a 65mm filament … Continue reading Mach Maxima: A Supersonic Rocket Project
The Rocketry Organization of South Carolina at Orangeburg (ROSCO) hosted the National Association of Rocketry’s (NAR’s) National Sport Launch (NSL) 2022 in Dalzell, South Carolina, May 28th through May 30th. NSL is the National Association of Rocketry’s pinnacle sport rocketry event. We had great weather all three days – mostly clear skies with light winds and temperatures in the low to mid 90s. The club … Continue reading NAR National Sport Launch 2022
A placard commemorating NASA’s “Send Your Name to Mars” campaign was installed on the Perseverance Mars rover on March 16, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three fingernail-sized chips affixed to the upper-left corner of the placard feature the names of 10,932,295 people who participated, including mine! They were individually stenciled onto the chips by electron beam, along with the essays of the 155 finalists in NASA’s … Continue reading My Name is on Mars!
The Anonymous Beard 