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Last Thursday evening, I found myself giving the keynote address to about 100 folks in Mojave who were celebrating all of the high school seniors with 4.0 gradepoint averages. After giving a short overview of my job at the Keck Institute for Space Studies (www.kiss.caltech.edu), I shared some "Life Lessons from a Space Geek." 

One of those lessons was "choose a memory over a meeting."  I learned this from Andrea Donnellan (see our Board Roster) when we worked together at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I had the opportunity to go to a launch, but decided to stay at work and prepare for an upcoming meeting. She told me I would never remember the meeting for which I worked so hard - but that I would always remember the launch. She was right. I stayed for the meeting and regret to this day missing that launch.

Well, I am happy to say that I am going to "do whatever it takes" (another one of my life lessons) to make sure that I do not miss out on having the memory of being a part of the Byrd Aircraft Recovery Expedition.  Talk about a memory that will last forever... I ended my talk in Mojave with our expedition chant - "Let's get that Fokker!"

Be a part of history and make your own memory with the Expedition Team and get involved.  If you think you can help us in any way - please let us know - we'd love to have you on board.