Boeing might just make it

I found an article here describing how Boeing looks to be expanding their interests in non-government contracts. This is heartening news for me, as I would like to both work for Boeing someday and do work in the private sector.

I've heard a lot of scuttlebutt since the election about how Obama is going to gut the space program and how my chosen profession will go the way of the slide rule. Yet everything I have read about aerospace and aeronautical engineering tends to make me believe that my profession will not only survive but thrive amid these more difficult and less ambitious financial times.

I really think that there are many interesting problems to solve below orbital altitude. I can't wait to get started.

Cheers,

-- Zach