2012 Startup

Well I let the holidays come and go without a peep over here. Yet no one yelled at me! Hooray!

That likely just means that you all know not to check over here very frequently anymore, and I'm sad to say I'm not sure things will get much better.

I do have fun news to share, along with info about my Christmas vacation at home. I'll post pictures this week.

In the meantime, I should share the news that I'm a fellow on Capitol Hill this year.  Around Thanksgiving I found out that I was accepted into the Georgetown Capitol Hill Fellowship program!  My office made my program participation contingent upon getting into a Congressman's (or woman's) office that related to Commercial Space Transportation.  They weren't ready to let me go for a year without a bit of benefit for the office.  So with the help of our Legislative Affairs lead at AST, I got a few interviews with a representative on the Hill and got into the office.  The rep is chairman of the subcommittee on space and aeronautics, so you can see the connection.

So I'm officially placed in the office as the Space and Aeronautics Fellow, and I am enjoying the experience so far, as I get into the swing of things here in the office.  Luckily the session hasn't started so things are a little quiet and I'm learning the ropes.

I'll keep you posted on life here in DC, but I have to warn you that I might be locking down the blog again soon, so stay posted!

Thanks for checking in once in a while. I'll be posting some photos and news about the holidays later this week!  =)