Born in the Rockies, raised in Sin City, Ben (Wright) McGee has spent his life chasing the stars.
He founded and currently serves as the principal research scientist for Astrowright Spaceflight Consulting LLC and has worked (and works) professionally as a geologist, hydrologist, environmental scientist, radiological engineer, writer, and adjunct college instructor.
He also serves as a logistics officer on a federal disaster assistance team.
-A freelance jazz musician when he’s not chasing across glaciers, desert lakebeds, up the sides of mountain streams, or diving into radioactive craters to collect data. He also enjoys writing thriller science fiction stories and investigating lost advanced technology related to space travel and exploration (industrial archaeology), now focused on nuclear rocketry.
He strongly suspects that Aristotle may have had the true nature of Time all figured out.
Ben has his sights set on becoming a charter astronaut (payload specialist) and building a time machine.
Personal webpage here.
Twitter feed here.
[NOTE: All views expressed are my own and do not reflect the views or endorsement of any business entities with which I am affiliated!]
Snagging geohydrologic data from an abandoned, legacy military MX well in central Nevada.
Hey, thanks for the comment. I like your site. I am a long time space fanatic and love anything to do with recognizing our position in this universe. Here is a link to a series of pictures that seem to fit on your site.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1267182/Nasas-space-shuttle-Discovery-soars-crystal-clear-Caribbean-long-journey-home.html
Anyway I intend to check back so keep up the good work. Cheers.
Alex,
Thanks for reading, and I appreciate the support! Hopefully I’ll have posts up to keep your interest. =)
Cool links, too – thanks for passing them along!
`Ben
Also this:
http://thegreatamericandesert.com/2010/04/21/who-says-you-need-a-billion-dollars/
Blew my mind.
Hey Ben, I really enjoy your blog. I still have you listed under “friends” on my blog – and I embedded a like to your Richard Branson post on my latest entry.
http://whitethreads.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/comfort-kills/
The link is at “flights into space.”
Keep up the great work. I can’t wait to read the first blog you write while orbiting.
Brad,
Thanks so much for reading and for the references / link on your post about Branson! I’ve gotten much mileage out of the F9 shirt of late (for obvious reasons), and I wanted to thank you for something a while back – it was as a result of reading your blog that gave me the idea to wear the shirt that sparked an impromptu conversation with Buzz Aldrin… So, thanks for opening my mind to the potential impact of a shirt! Thanks again for your support – I hope to get to orbit sooner rather than later – and in the meantime I’ll try to keep interesting posts coming. =)
Cheers,
Ben
Hi Ben
Thanks for popping over to the blog. Your work sounds interesting, particularly the planetary science-archaeology crossover.
Oh, and if you get that time machine working, do let me know – I have a long list of times I’d love to visit!
Maya
OK, I just checked your site and you are DEFINITELY a person I want to know! Right now I am reading “Physics of the Future” by Michio Kaku.