I have always admired the tone, transparency, and written record aspect of Wayne Hale’s blog, and while much of what I do at NASA can’t be shared or tweeted about in real time because my work relates to what we call “predecisional” topics (budgets, contracts, etc.), I have intended for a long time to write publicly in a longer-form and more customizable fashion than Twitter threads or LinkedIn posts allow. I am in a dream job with an amazing team working on the first permanent piece of human spaceflight infrastructure around the Moon, and I want to record our/my journey. It’s just funny that I’m starting with this first post on a somewhat sad and personal topic.