Most people my age who have wound up in some sort of a science-related career (and many who have not) can trace their excitement about the subject to the space programs of the late 1950s and 1960s. I’m no exception. With advance warning that you will see a scary picture of the 14-year-old me, you [...]
February 19, 2012 – 7:30 pm
When I was six years old, I wanted to be what every other six-year-old boy wanted to be in Texas—a cowboy. When I was eleven years old, I wanted to be what every kid in America wanted to be—an astronaut. And the astronaut I most wanted to be was John Glenn. I created an “instrument [...]
