An Ex Rocket Man's Take On It

The ravings of a trained mind.

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Stupid Is as Stupid Does

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Here is one defining example of what dumbing-down education for 4 decades has wrought. -----    search code DDMMYYYY format:        18032026...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Messages to Federal Representation

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The following is a column I submitted to the Waco Tribune-Herald newspaper.  As of this date,  they have not used it.  I have added some yel...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Ramjet Data Re: Heat Shields

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Update 3-13-2026 :  Latest word is that NASA will attempt to launch Artemis-2 with a crew somewhere around 1 April.  That Orion capsule has...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Fact Checking

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Presented without comment.  It speaks for itself. -----    search code 25022026 search keywords          bad government,  idiocy in politics...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Space-Based AI? Not Easy!

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I see a lot of hoopla and speculation about why Elon Musk has “officially” changed his goal from Mars to the moon.  The answer is simple in ...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

The El Paso Airport Shutdown Fiasco

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Update 3-13-2026 :   A few days after the incident described in this article took place,  another laser drone intercept incident took place ...
Friday, February 13, 2026

More About Trump Treasons

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This is essentially the text I sent to my federal representation, as of this date: -----   These are but two headlines I saw on the PBS ...
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Gary Johnson
McGregor, Texas, United States
GW had a 20 year career in aerospace defense new product engineering, followed by a 20 year career in mostly teaching, with a little civil engineering and aviation work. He is now retired on a small farm in central Texas, occasionally building and selling cactus eradication tools, available for consulting, and offering a self-published book on ramjet propulsion. He has posted a lot of technical articles on this site, a catalog of which is in the post "Lists of Some Articles By Topic Area", dated 21 October 2021. For information about the ramjet book, see "GW's Ramjet Book Is Now Available!", posted 12 February 2024. Use the blog archive gadget as a navigation tool to find these quickly. He is also developing course materials for teaching or self-teaching in aerothermodynamics, and in the sizing of vehicles for space missions.
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