NASA
The Question: Why?
Inspire 5 06_jun2011 View more presentations from Garret Fitzpatrick (Transcript from JSC “Be Inspired” speech given on June 7th, 2011) First, a really brief intro on me, how I got here and why I want to talk about the question why. I grew up in a town in the suburbs of Chicago called Westmont. That [...]
Midnight on the Causeway
(originally posted on www.opennasa.com) Couple minutes after midnight. Clear sky of stars above, three-quarter moon just over the horizon, launch tower lights dancing across the river. I’m the lone person on the causeway, standing on the narrow stretch of rock and road crossing the Banana River between the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral [...]
Who Moved Our Cheese?
(originally posted on www.opennasa.com) If you haven’t read “Who Moved My Cheese?” this might be a good time to go pick up a copy or steal one from your neighborhood “change and transition” specialist. It’s the story of two mice (named “Sniff” and “Scurry”) and two ‘Littlepeople’ (named “Hem” and “Haw”) who are beings who [...]
State of the STEM Workforce
State Of The STEM Workforce in the U.S. View more presentations from Garret Fitzpatrick (originally posted on www.opennasa.com) A few months ago, Amanda Stiles and I were invited to speak to a group of NASA interns, young professionals, and post-docs at the STS-127 Pre-Launch Education Forum at the Kennedy Space Center on the subject of [...]
NASA Culture (2 of 2)
(originally posted at www.opennasa.com) The first time I ever thought of culture, I did so kicking and screaming. It was World Cultures class in ninth grade. Everyone had to take it. I didn’t know why I needed to take any kind of culture or history class at the time. My eyes were on the future, [...]
A Line in the Sand
(originally published at www.opennasa.com) I recently had a conversation with a friend about blogging. She said, “I would never blog—I’m worried enough about my words coming back to haunt me through email, let alone captured for the world to see through a blog.” I told her how I was trying to learn the ropes of [...]
