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  • Blessings in the Cereal Aisle
    Friday, October 14th, 2016     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    You wouldn't expect to be in awe of the cereal aisle, would you? I guess that depends on your perspective. My first few years at NASA, I occasionally worked with Russian cosmonauts who came to train in Houston. Many of them brought their spouses with them.   I'll never forget the day I went to a grocery store with one of the cosmonaut's wives. She was wide-eyed as we walked around the store.   Accustomed to an… Read More

  • Start at the Wall!
    Friday, October 7th, 2016     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    www.morguefile.com   I am the vine; you are the branches. ...Apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5   Some things are so obvious, they should be automatic. Like this one: When a piece of equipment won't turn on, start at the wall. One of the experiments my team worked on required three pieces of equipment. We built the first rough prototypes and, after we got each piece running OK, we scheduled the first… Read More

  • God’s Copyright
    Saturday, September 24th, 2016     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    For us, as creative types, a copyright is our best friend. We have exclusive, legal rights to our work. Our creations are protected; they can't be borrowed, changed, or stolen. You wouldn't expect copyright to be an issue for a Shuttle experiment but it can be. For one of my projects, the scientist wanted to use questionnaires he'd developed to monitor group dynamics. How does the relationship between team members change over time? Say, for… Read More

  • What More Can I Do?
    Saturday, September 17th, 2016     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    One of the last projects I worked on while I was at NASA was also one of the hardest and most frustrating. The equipment was built by the scientist and, when we received it, it had lots of problems. It didn't pass some of the tests NASA required and we had to redesign several parts. All the while, my supervisors kept hounding me: Did you get that re-design finished? Did you fix the problem with… Read More

  • Science and Faith
    Friday, July 22nd, 2016     Sherry Carter     Start the Conversation

    Science and Faith: One enriches the other. The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. Psalm 65:8 I'm a scientist. We're fascinated by The design of a single cell The stability of constellations for thousands of years The precise chemical structure of proteins, granite, and DNA I know the Creator of the human body; I’m intrigued by His design. I know the… Read More