Space Blog? Why?

If you're reading this particular blog post then you probably know me personally - in which case you realise that I have an irrational need to send something (or indeed many things) into space. You may also then know that I have a slightly unusual amount of practical experience in the matter, given that Australia is one of the only developed countries to not have a space agency. 

But let's not make any assumptions. Let me introduce myself. 

I spent all of my undergraduate time at University being involved in the BLUEsat project. During which time I realised that my lifelong goal hadn't ever changed from when I was 5 years old - I wanted to build spaceships. So I put myself to work, eventually becoming the technical lead of BLUEsat, publishing research on CubeSats and spending a stint in France studying satellite attitude control. 

So why the blog? Because I have some of my own ideas about the way Space Design should be taught. To be honest, you could read Wertz' Space Mission Analysis and Design and get a much more thorough understanding of how to launch things into space - but hopefully this blog will be more fun. To start off with I'm going to post some starter guides on the basic stuff. I'll try not to pitch it too high - high school physics/science should do. Hopefully you'll like what I'm writing enough to start doing your own research, or even head to your local university and start a major.

So, here we go.