"I have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from MIT, and was one course away from a physics degree. My thesis was analyzing pulses from an X-ray star system. After graduating I spent 6 years in the Navy and was Captain of a ship. Then I worked at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and got a Master's degree in Space Systems. I have been teaching Space Systems for 30 plus years to graduate students at the Florida Institute of Technology. This includes Rocket Propulsion, Orbital Mechanics, and Human Space Systems. I've taught in person and for that last 13 years online using Canvas. Two of my students became astronauts. My last job at KSC was an Astronaut Representative." less...