Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop 2013
“Build A Star Ship” 100 Year Starship & the application of Messaging, Audacity, Timelines and Deliverables towards Interstellar Accomplishment — Mike Mongo — First presented at Les Johnson’s Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop Huntsville, AL NeXolve at ManTech Tuesday, February 4, 2013 My name is Mike Mongo and I’m an astronaut teacher. Are there any […]
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Letter to old Astronauts. This is not a break-up letter. Please! You are our family! How could we ever break-up? What this letter is is a wake-up call. For years, decades even, the word from you all is that you miss the NASA of old. You feel as if we have not done enough since […]
Read more "Letter to Old Astronauts"For Kids Who Want to Become Astronauts, Here’s What To Do: Play Video Games, Make Friends, and Learn to Use Google.
Being an astronaut teacher who works with kids, I am often discussing with students (and parents) what they can do now to prepare to be an astronaut. Since the idea I have about astronauts is that the role “astronaut” is about to evolve from “people who go to space” into “people who work and live […]
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It is not that as a space professional that I am entirely anti-zombie. Although it may not be incorrect to say I hate zombies. I don’t hate metaphoric zombies (I have too many people I care about who fall in that category), I hate real zombies. And hating real zombies is sort of fun. Of […]
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The fateful words: “I want to be an astronaut.” For decades, how many parents have smiled (or grimaced) upon hearing the pronouncement from their own child’s mouth. The good news here in the 21st century is that the time is at last right. When we grew up (and our parents as well) astronaut as a […]
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This amazing Key West iPhone 5 iOS 6 photograph—taken this weekend by local Shannon Kennedy while aboard charter sailboat Floridays—is further proof that Key West is someplace special: A double-rainbow that appears to stretch from one side of the 4-mile wide island to the other indeed seems to place the island in a category all its […]
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Children: The Future of Space is Presently 8-12 Years Old. — My name is Mike Mongo. I am an astronaut teacher. How I became an astronaut teacher is an interesting thing. As a child I knew I wanted to be an astronaut. Of all the things in the world to do astronaut was at the […]
Read more "Mike Mongo’s 100 Year Starship presentation Houston TX, 2012 (text version)"Neil Armstrong is my co-pilot.
As far as I’m concerned the only difference between Neil Armstrong and Superman is Neil Armstrong actually went to the moon. “The stars look very different today”, RIP, Major Tom.
Read more "Neil Armstrong is my co-pilot."Training kids to be Astronauts
When I tell people I train future astronauts—or rather, that I train kids to be astronauts—what I am saying is that in planting the idea of space as a career in every student/young person with whom I work or engage, I am an astronaut teacher. There is more. With kids who respond enthusiastically or who […]
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