A Space Geek's Return to the Forums

[Laura Forczyk]

Hello all! I was a member of this forum years ago when I was a student. A drive to give back to the community has brought me back here as a professional. I hope that I can help with my limited experiences!

I live on the Space Coast of Florida and work at Kennedy Space Center. I help to run a newspace startup company. I have a B.S. in astronomy/astrophysics, an M.S. in physics/astrophysics, and I'm a PhD drop-out (ABD) in physics/planetary science. In my short career thus far, I've worked as a researcher studying cataclysmic variables, gamma-ray bursts, and planetary dust dynamics, and I've also worked as a space industry analyst, a research analyst for International Space Station payloads, and now preparing for my company's future parabolic/"zeroG" and suborbital flights. I'm also a newlywed to a PhD economist and we're working through the two-body problem.

I've recently entered the world of blogging [mentor note: personal contact details deleted] and I'm reaching out to communities to increase my connection with students. This forum is part of my efforts. Hope I can help. I look forward to communicating with you!

 

[NascentOxygen]

Hi Laura. http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5725/red5e5etimes5e5e45e5e25.gif

Welcome back, and congratulations on your many achievements. It is pleasing to have former student members return.

I need to point out the PF policy of not allowing promotion in posts of personal blogs or offsite contacts.

 

[Laura Forczyk]

Sorry about that! I jus re-read the guidelines and I don't see that particular rule listed. Is it an unwritten rule? I also note that someone has their personal website in their signature so I'm guessing that's allowed?

 

[Evo]

Sorry about that! I jus re-read the guidelines and I don't see that particular rule listed. Is it an unwritten rule? I also note that someone has their personal website in their signature so I'm guessing that's allowed?

Hi Laura, welcome back.

I believe that these three areas of our guidelines cover your question.

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[Borek]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm also a newlywed to a PhD economist and we're working through the two-body problem.

Beware - it easily converts into a three body problem and the math gets much more complicated.

 

[Bandersnatch]

Beware - it easily converts into a three body problem and the math gets much more complicated.

As long as the mass of the third body is small compared to the other two, there are some static solutions.

 

[Orodruin]

As long as the mass of the third body is small compared to the other two, there are some static solutions.

I am not sure having the small body in a Lagrange point is ideal for its development.

 

[Laura Forczyk]

Ha! Thanks guys. We're trying for a tiny third body at the moment, and then a fourth, and then a fifth... Thankfully the masses of my husband and I are large enough to carry the little ones with us, until they outweigh me at least.