Thank You Life!
Tonight, the day after Thanksgiving, I sit in my living room and listen to the world going to sleep thinking over the past couple wonderful days to those things I am most thankful for, and I begin to...
View ArticleJWST: 6 Mirror Unload and Shipment
I spent the week at Marshall Space Flight Center, as I often do, but this time, rather than testing mirrors I helped unload them from the cryo-vac test chamber. This concludes test number 4, and...
View ArticleJWST: Our Grand Quest
It hit me I’m here, working on JWST, helping to build the greatest space-based observatory ever created. I know this already, but sometimes among all the test procedures, quality assurance signoffs,...
View Article2011 Solstice, JWST, and life’s inspiring cycle
The mirror settled into place gently and the crane was silent for a moment while we torque the restraining plates into place. I removed the pin from the lifting plate and it moved up and out of sight...
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