by luminari | Nov 27, 2023 | Inspiration, Pursuing Dreams, Space
Being fit comes in many shapes. We can be fit for duty, fit for work, fit of mind, and fit of body. While each of these fitness factors is important and are mutually supportive, there is one form of fitness that studies show is key to lasting health, longevity, and...
by luminari | Feb 25, 2023 | Inspiration, Pursuing Dreams, Space
On StarTrek’s Next Generation, the Starship USS Enterprise-D sports a unique bar that has an equally uncommon bartender. The Ten Forward is a lounge on the tenth deck of the Enterprise commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) who leads its intergalactic...
by luminari | Oct 27, 2022 | Inspiration, Pursuing Dreams, Space
It is almost Halloween. Halloween, a time when we express admiration for our heroes by wearing costumes that look like them. Children in my neighborhood often dress as space characters, robots, and (my personal favorite) astronauts. Of course, the littlest astronauts...
by mjmarggraff | Jan 22, 2019 | Pursuing Dreams
A Letter to Millennials The world watched a grainy TV image relayed back to Earth from about 250,000 miles away: The first human was slowly descending a spacecraft ladder to step onto another world. It would be referred to forevermore as “one small step” and is one of...
by mjmarggraff | Jul 31, 2018 | Pursuing Dreams
These days my mind seems to wander always to my dissertation. There isn’t a moment when I’m not mulling over the challenges of isolation that astronauts will face on long duration space flights. I am working on a solution to demonstrate how a new AI (Artificial...
by mjmarggraff | May 22, 2018 | Pursuing Dreams
Last weekend was Mother’s Day. My daughter, Annie, and I decided to spend it together do something we loved: we went to the Sierra to go fly-fishing. Since she was a little girl, we have been fond of the ‘Range of Light’ mountain range. It was dubbed this by...
