It looks as though something of a duel is afoot between two ventures vying to be the first to break the sky dive altitude record set by military high-altitude-balloon-jumper Colonel Joe Kittinger in 1960. The magic number? -A staggering altitude of 102,800 feet above the Earth’s surface. Whoever is the first to do it will […]
Read More Orbital Skydive = Spacecraft EscapeI spent this past weekend on a training exercise with the Nevada-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team, or NV-1 DMAT. On a part-time, voluntary basis, I serve as a Logistics Officer for the federal emergency response team (currently under NDMS instead of FEMA), which involves monthly meetings and periodic training in preparation for deployment to the […]
Read More The art of emergency responseA short note, today, on something that struck me while out in the east-central Nevada project area for work: Remote fieldwork = contingency planning. That’s really all there is to it. Take my latest trip this week, for example. In our project area, we’re really off the grid. What we call a road can at […]
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Chronicles of an Atomic Astrowright 