Category Archives: The Future

Recommitment vs. Being Committed

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

It’s going to be an interesting (and busy) November and December. I recently reviewed a list of all of the non-work projects I currently have underway, with the hope of dropping (or at the very least deferring) some of them. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Last of the Original Rocketmen

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

Earlier this week I learned from the NASA website that Konrad Dannenberg died on Monday at the age of 96. Dannenberg was a key member of Wernher von Braun’s original engineering team that developed the hardware and processes which enabled … Read the rest of this entry →

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Another omen for newspapers

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

Google announced today that it is ending it’s Print Ads program which packaged and sold advertising space in over 800 U.S. newspapers. Apparently the program, which started in 2006, hasn’t lived up to expectations for generating revenue.

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The next NASA chief

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Kevin

This past week, Mike Griffin announced he is stepping down on January 20 as NASA chief administrator, the politically appointed post that runs America’s space agency. As the Obama transition team accelerates its search for Griffin’s successor, here’s my modest proposal for … Read the rest of this entry →

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Give me a second before 2009

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Kevin A. Barnes

This New Year’s Eve is one of those times when a Leap Second is added to the world’s approximately 200 official clocks. So between the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, we all will receive one extra second … Read the rest of this entry →

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