I’m currently on Day 3 days into a 3.5 day quarantine before heading to Chile Saturday morning. Initially the thought of twiddling my thumbs in a hotel room for 3 full days was not that exciting, but I find now, that I actually wish we had another day. We have a few zoom meetings each …
Precious days on the Maine coast. I soaked it all in. When a huge swell came in from one of the summer off-shore hurricanes, I couldn’t help but explore the outer edge of the offshore island of Isle Au Haut. What I saw was incredible and I wish someone had been with me to see …
On one of the first few days, still with a work hangover from all the details that had to be taken care of to get Daphne in the water and everything else in my life relatively squared away, I woke up and looked up out of the aft cabin hatch, while still lying down and …
After two summers of electrical engineering graduate school and then one crazy summer of COVID-19, I finally got Daphne back in the water again. She has been patiently waiting for 4 years and we are back together again floating in the sea, where we are supposed to be. The launch date was a deadline and …
Got an email two weeks ago from NASA that said all the Highly Qualified applicants have had their references checked (none of mine were). Confirmation that I am out of the running for the new class of astronaut candidates, as expected. 12,000 applicants gets reduced to 400 Highly Qualified applicants. They then pick 120 of …
I think it’s over. From what I’ve recently gathered from a few sources, of the 12,000+ applicants, the “highly qualified” candidates were separated and their references contacted sometime this past fall. Interviewees (about 120 of them of the 12,000) are then determined from this small group. These folks are now getting called for interviews. Not …
Though delayed a few times, NASA is still hoping to announce the new class of astronauts before the end of 2021. My application, along with the applications of over twelve thousand other applicants, have been in their hands for about a year. It’s been a waiting game, maybe all done on purpose to see how …