Horseshoes & Handgrenades
An excerpt from my work in progress, and partial credit rocket landings.
Yes, I am Alive
Howdy friends,
The end of my sabbatical is near1 and I’m spooling up a new company! I have been heads-down in formation, organization, and fundraising mode to begin 2025. Things are going well on that front, and I’ll share more soon, but I have unfortunately neglected this project a bit. Therefore, I wanted to check in with this “proof of life” plus give the paid members a little treat for their patience: an unreleased book chapter about building the landing barge and its first mission! It goes from Louisiana, to Florida, and down to mission control. Plus, it includes some cool pictures I took along the way.
I promise I will be back in the next week with a regular installment, and I have five more issues drafted in my trusty notebook. Therefore, safe to say regular programming will resume. In the meantime, if you’re not a paid subscriber, you can instead read the ridiculous story of how I was hired into the space race in the first place for free right here:
Of course, whether you are paid or not, thank you for your support and reading this work. It means a lot. And now to the story…
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