Next month I’m presenting some of my research with NASA and Pratt & Whitney at the Propulsion Safety and Affordable Reliability conference. This isn’t like the other conferences I’ve attended or presented at, which have been largely organized and attended by professional societies and academics; this is a big tri-service meeting for the military to hear from industry and academia how we can keep their planes in the air longer, cheaper. And when I went to look at the agenda to see when in particular I was speaking and decide whether I wanted to go out for the whole blessed thing, I noticed something weird about this particular kind of research get-together.

On each of the three days, all of the sessions wrap up neatly at 2:30 in the afternoon.

In Myrtle Beach, there are over 70 golf courses, to say nothing of the ridiculous amount of putt-putt.

There are also close to twenty strip clubs.

Aim High, Air Force.



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