How lucky can a lucky guy get? I’m thrilled to to serve as an Honorary Captain of the US Olympic Luge Team, about to take on the rest of the world’s best in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Having once trained and competed for such a coveted spot, I admire these athletes deeply. Luge is [...]

High Altitude Hydration System   Often the most difficult part of invention is just identifying the unmet need. Once you figure this out, bringing technology to bear on the problem is generally pretty simple. Having suffered mightily from dehydration on long hikes, treks and climbs in the past, I knew performance and good hydration were [...]

    The crew of STS-129 took this nice photo of the P6 solar array repair the STS-120 Team did way back in November 2007. Exciting to see it hasn’t changed one bit! Share and Enjoy:

The “Everest BTL” episode in which I was featured, along with buddies Dawes, Danuru, Mingma, Ed, Mike, Louis and Paul, is mega-dramatically entitled: “Deadly Countdown!” If you missed one of the dozen times it played that week, fear not! All is not lost! Assuming you don’t have a heart ailment or fear of heights, here [...]

I recently had a chance to speak with my Challenger Center colleague and friend, Sawyer Rosenstein (who works as a Flight Director at a Challenger Learning Center), along with his fellow panelists Gina Herlihy, Gene Mikulka and Mark Ratterman on a space-focused podcast called “Talking Space” — check it out! These guys are passionate about [...]