My Dad Built Spaceships
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Many people start their evening by asking their loved ones how their day was. I’ve always loved asking that to my Dad. Hearing Dad talk about work is especially fascinating to me because his 9 to 5 was fairly unique - his job, was keeping astronauts alive. Eventually, I decided to start recording some of his best work stories. Here are those stories as - My Dad Built Spaceships.

#2 on STS-1

Despite being a 33 year old adult, I am still a little child that laughs entirely too much at poop jokes. One of my favorite types of work stories to ...
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#2 on STS-1

Despite being a 33 year old adult, I am still a little child that laughs entirely too much at poop jokes. One of my favorite types of work stories to ...
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Designing an Icon

The Space Shuttle is arguably one of the most iconic spacecraft ever. But why does it look the way it does? There were lots of different goals and we ...
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Designing an Icon

The Space Shuttle is arguably one of the most iconic spacecraft ever. But why does it look the way it does? There were lots of different goals and we ...
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Background & Beginnings

How Dad went from milking cows as a boy, to being one of the most knowledgable Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Engineers in his company...
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Background & Beginnings

How Dad went from milking cows as a boy, to being one of the most knowledgable Environmental Control and Life Support Systems Engineers in his company...
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Car Crashes & Death Chambers

How do you test a new spacecraft to make sure it's safe for people to be in it? As it turns out, there's some specially built facilities for that, but...
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Car Crashes & Death Chambers

How do you test a new spacecraft to make sure it's safe for people to be in it? As it turns out, there's some specially built facilities for that, but...
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