What If

As much as I am trying not to worry about the future of the Shuttle program until we have some idea if there's anything to worry about, Becca's question about what I'd do if the Shuttle program ends is something I've thought of in the past. Really, I have no idea what I would end up doing. Of course, the first thing would probably be a baby or two. :) After that, here are some possibilities, though.

1) Somewhere else in the spaceflight operations world. If some of these companies really do start selling trips into space, there will be a new market for operators.

2) Aircraft control. I don't know if I'd actually like doing this for very long, but it is as close a match to what I do now as I can think of.

3) Go back to school and study geophysics. It seems Gavin and I are just destined to be interested in the same fields. Of course, if we both change our careers to earth science, we might take a small financial hit. :)

Whatever we do, we will no doubt make every effort to move back to the mountains.