Mike Mongo is host of Mike Mongo’s Astronaut Adventures, and encourages students around the world to...
Exciting news Masters and Apprentices! RUNE OF THE APPRENTICE will be made into an Audible Audiobook!
Also, as many of you know, I just got back from The DOTA2 International Convention and Championship. TI6 was awesome! (Congrats to team Wings on their epic victory!) As promised MONTHS ago, I ROCKED the Antimage Cosplay, mohawk and all! My brother and I had a great time and you can view the pictures directly on Instagram HERE to get captions and info about each shot! Or for those who don’t like Instagram, there is a full gallery uploaded at the end of this post.
To view all of the pictures on my website click HERE: goo.gl/Y1yowU
SEDS & The Oldest Space Science Student Member in the US
Students for Exploration & Development of Space (SEDS) is the largest space science student organization in the US. Most members are under 25. Some are under 30. You might be able to count any over 40 on one hand.
As of this year, SEDS had one single member over 50. And that member is me.
I have been an enormous fan and supporter of SEDS since attending the organization’s annual SpaceVision conference in 2013. Seeing as SEDS was not an opportunity when I first went to university–hello, 1983–and seeing as the only way to belong to SEDS is to be a student, I made a bold move this past year: I went back to school.
Like the saying goes, it’s never too late to be a kid. Considering the high regard I have for SEDS, being able to forever more own being an actual bona fide member of SEDS really meant the world to me.
Believe it or not, it just got better.
SEDS’ At-Large Board Members (there are two) support the SEDS Board and the SEDS organization by spearheading new projects and new initiatives. For one reason or another, of the two At-Large Board Members one had to resign midterm. A call went out to members for a fill-in At-Large. And I put my name in the hat. Interviews of the candidates, including me, took place last week. Results were posted last night.
Needless to say, I was absolutely blown away to learn I am the newly elected At-Large Board Member for SEDS!
When I was a kid, I imagined the world to be a certain way. I imagined it is awesome and filled with infinite possibilities and life gets better and better everyday.
Now I am a grown-up who has lived and put those ideas to the test. Through fire. And they are true!
So, this year’s SEDS Spacevision conference is in November at Purdue University.* While I may not be on the moon (yet), when you see me at SpaceVision this year I’ll be easy to spot.
I’m the guy walking on air.
Keep up the good work, what a ride,
Mike Mongo
* BTW Purdue University is where astronaut & first human being on the moon Neil Armstrong studied engineering.
With all the madness that’s been happening over the past few days, I’m beyond thrilled to deliver some unreservedly good news.
Heh...thrilled....
Tantalus Depths has been backed by its third syndicate! Today we received the distinct honor of being chosen as the August pick for the Thriller Night Syndicate. It’s awesome to be recognized by the community yet again for Tantalus Depths’ content: this time not for theme, but for tone. Tantalus Depths is all about mystery and foreboding, peril and the struggle for survival against extremely bad odds. It’s a thriller to its core, and I sincerely hope you all find it as nail-biting and knuckle-whitening as I intended it to be!
You heard it here first: DARCY CONROY
[See all those Scott Pilgrim books on the book shelf? Cool, right?]
