DynaSoar's Journal: Update mid-2005

After leaving Yale, we returned to the wife's home in Arlington Texas. I think I've discovered that I'm a Texan who'd been born elsewhere. My personality meshes well with the general nature of the place and people.

I left Yale because:
1a. Yale is a marketing gimmick.
1b. research is only well supported if it supports 1a.
2. I had to work at a VA hosptial where every time I reported problems, caem down on the head of research who came down on my boss, who came down on me, rather than doing something about the problem. "Reporting problems" was done by contacting the director's office, exactly as I was instructed in my new employee briefing.
3. For me, Connecticut sucks. My best wishes to anyone for whom it is an acceptable place; I express my personal reaction to it only.

My research is going private, much as Einstein did at Berne. I will continue theoretical work on some items until I see fit to report them. It is a relief to not have to waste my time with irrelevant trash simply to boost publication numbers.

For work, I am performing intraoperative physiological monitoring. I watch instruments during brain and spine surgery to make sure the surgeon doesn't do damage while trying to fix the problem. My first day at work involved watchuing removal of a midbrain tumor, an extremely delicate surgery. When it came time to close, I left like the guys in the control room in Apollo 13 when they saw the chutes were out.

On other issues, I've expanded my rocketry into high power and have obtained my HPR level 1 certification (rather like getting your first pilot's license). I expect to conduct a flight of 1+ mile altitude and Mach 1+ velocity by the end of the year.

Email is now doctor.dynasoar at
gmail.com