Tag: space
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Why the Pentagon Can’t Pass an Audit
Posted this to X/Twitter, will post the story here too. I’ve talked about this before, but after I got through grad school I PCSed to Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque and became the mission manager for the STP-2 launch. That launch was a task order on the OSP-3 contract, which had a few different vendors on…
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Elon at My Launch
Posted this on Twitter, may as well share here too. No NDAs will be violated, and of course opinions are my own. I was the government mission manager for the STP-2 (Space Test Program-2) launch – the first DOD Falcon Heavy. I owned the $160M contract, had to make all technical and programmatic decisions, etc.…
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New Glenn Launch!
I don’t necessarily advertise it, but I work for Blue Origin, have been since I left the military in May of last year. I’m not part of the New Glenn business unit, but I worked on the Blue Ring Pathfinder space vehicle that was the payload of the inaugural launch last night. It’s a huge…
Ryan M. Patrick 