Sometime in late 2021, my neglected beloved website was unscrupulously stricken from the face of the internet by my very dodgy, cut-rate [former] web hosting service. Amazingly, I didn’t notice for almost a year. In my defense, I was busy – I was planning my wedding, getting married, finishing up Read more…
I’ve been very lax on the updates recently (‘recently’ meaning… the last 7 months, apparently) but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a few highlights from the tail end of 2019. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – here at Purdue, the alma mater of Neil Armstrong, Read more…
A fortnight ago, I had the pleasure of attending one of the biggest conferences in aerospace engineering – the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Science and Technology forum – for the second time. Much like last year, the experience of joinng nearly 5,000 fellow aerospace engineers was slightly overwhelming Read more…
For those outside the insular world of aerospace engineering, the term “hypersonics” seems to strike the perfect balance between evocativeness and inscrutability. Almost unfailingly, talking about flight at four or five times the speed of sound – and beyond – garners a mixture of disbelief and amazement from the average Read more…