Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen
Posted in Administrivia on Jul 20th, 2009
I’m just about to head out from the NewSpace 2009 conference. Honestly, I ditched out of all of today, and parts of the other days, between my propellant depot panel, and the white paper I was working on. The panel went pretty well, though I’d only give myself a B+ overall. One of these days [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Jul 11th, 2009
Fortunately John’s getting back into the swing of things blogging-wise, because it’ll be a while before I can get back to blogging. In addition to all the stuff I’m doing at work, I’m also trying to get that panel ready, and finish writing a white paper on Propellant Depots for the Augustine Committee. And after [...]
Posted in Administrivia, Propellant Depots on Jul 11th, 2009
I just wanted to mention that I’ll be chairing a propellant depot panel at the NewSpace 2009 conference this next week. This year, due to time constraints, I’m going to go for a slightly different format than I did last time. Basically my plan is to give a short 10 minute intro to the topic [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Jun 27th, 2009
In case some of you are wondering why I’ve managed to blog four times today, I dropped Tiff and the boys off at the airport yesterday to go spend a month with her family. I’ll be batching it for the next three weeks, then joining them either right before or right after NewSpace 2009.
My [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Jun 27th, 2009
FWIW, I just noticed today that last week (on the 16th) was the four year anniversary of me starting this blog. I can’t say my readership is that high compared to some, but nearly 300,000 hits and over 600 published articles over the past four years is still pretty impressive to me. I’m not as [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Jun 12th, 2009
Sorry guys, I said I’d post the second half of that thought today (the one about how to use dual-launched EELVs for manned missions). But I’m exhausted. Been doing far too many cycles of stay up till 1am, then get up at 6:30 or 7am over the past two weeks. I’m going to bed. Hopefully [...]
Posted in Administrivia, Eating Crow on May 12th, 2009
So, after insulting twitter as a crutch for people too ADOS (Attention Deficit…Oooh Shiny!) for blogging, I finally broke down and joined today. It wasn’t just because I was already reading several other people’s twitter feeds, but mostly because I found that someone had yoinked my favorite login name. So, for those who [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Apr 25th, 2009
This next week is going to be pretty intense. Between trying to finish the mods to our XA-0.1B-750 (aka B-750) vehicle and trying to get it in the air, preparing for a presentation I’m giving at a local AIAA conference on the next Saturday, and having my folks and Tiff’s folks in for a [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Apr 4th, 2009
It’s been really crazy over the last few weeks. Tiff’s in her final week now (today was the original due-date). We just moved apartments to a bigger three-bedroom one in the complex. I have a new church calling that is keeping me busy. I’m trying to find time to put together a propellant depot paper [...]
Posted in Administrivia on Mar 9th, 2009
I’m thinking of starting a second blog, one focused more on non-space stuff (things like recipes, family pictures, anecdotes, etc). My blog regular readership right now is probably 90-95% people interested in space stuff, and 5-10% family and friends. For friends and family, I’m not sure how interesting all my long-winded and esoteric [...]