It all began as a series of posts on LinkedIn.

Shortly after leaving NASA in 2022 (okay, I retired, but I hate that word), I signed up on LinkedIn and asked my handful of friends to connect with me. From there, I wrote a series of stories that highlighted points along my journey inside NASA.

In the series, I described how seeing Challenger break apart made me want to work at NASA. I shared the story of my first day at NASA, seeing my first full-scale solid rocket motor test, and being in Washington, D.C. on 911 when the planes crashed into the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon.

In the series, I also had a guest post from a young lady who aspires to be an astronaut, someday, and a guest post from the son of the first astronaut who flew in space untethered.

But it didn’t take me long to realize that LinkedIn isn’t the best platform to put things you want people to be able to find and read months later. By my unscientific calculations, LinkedIn posts have a shelf life of about one day.

Shortly thereafter, I decided to use NASAology.com as my more permanent platform.

In the series, I also had a guest post from a young lady who aspires to be an astronaut, someday, and a guest post from the son of the first astronaut who flew in space untethered.

But it didn’t take me long to realize that LinkedIn isn’t the best platform to put things you want people to be able to find and read months later. By my unscientific calculations, LinkedIn posts have a shelf life of about one day.

Shortly thereafter, I decided to use NASAology.com as my more permanent platform.