by mjmarggraff | Feb 7, 2015 | Pursuing Dreams
MJ Marggraff – Mogul Mom It was a very early, frosty grey morning in January, more than 20 years ago. But so are most mornings in the Boston area that time of year. It was the first day of going back to work after my son was born. I have a child! A son. My son,...
by mjmarggraff | Jan 29, 2015 | Space
North American Space Training and Research Center outside of Philadelphia, PA, July 2013. My classmates and I, along with our instructional team, wait alongside the centrifuge that we will enter to get our space training. Train like you mean it! To know what it...
by mjmarggraff | Jan 27, 2015 | Inspiration
Eleanor Roosevelt said that we should do “at least one thing every day” that scares us. Later, Erma Bombeck concurred, adding that real courage is tested when “taking children into a house with a white carpet.” I started to learn how to swim this New Year; the...
by mjmarggraff | Jan 20, 2015 | Inspiration
What are the Keys to Success when we live in Space on a voyage demandingly long — say, 200 million miles to Mars? One former astronaut I interviewed has the distinction of several completed missions including a long duration on the International Space Station. From...
by mjmarggraff | Nov 15, 2014 | Space
PICES Tour: Nov. 9, 2014 (Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems) Highpoints of attending the ‘Next Giant Leap’ Conference on the Big Island, Hawaii HI-SEAS habitat dome, where six will live for eight months (until Spring 2015) as if on Mars. Mauna...
