User:RockinRob

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RockinRob is taking a long wikibreak.

I'm Rob, and I'm an engineer. I grew up in Northeast Philadelphia, where I worked at Al's Hobby Shop in the Roosevelt Mall. After graduating Northeast High School in 1984, I went to Penn State Ogontz, and then moved to Penn State's main campus in 1986. I received my degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1990. After working at convenience stores, the IRS, and a department store, I landed my first job on SOHO in 1996, and moved to suburban DC in order to work at NASA Goddard.

I left SOHO after 3 years, and then I worked on NEAR at JHU/APL. After NEAR was landed on Eros, I returned to Goddard to work on Terra. After Terra, I worked on Aqua, doing GNC work before launch, and I became the Flight Software Engineer a year after launch, and also helped to support Aura pre-launch. I left Aqua and Aura in 2004 to jump at the chance to work on Swift, because it meant moving back to bucolic Happy Valley, otherwise known as State College, PA. I consider myself really fortunate to have the opportunity to live and work where I went to school.

[edit] Spelling/Grammar checking

Whenever doing anything but minor editing, copy and paste to a word-processor with real time spelling/grammar checking! I put this here for my benefit. My early Wikipedia posts were riddled with spelling errors before I started using EditPad Pro and mainly editing articles offline.

[edit] Wikipedia articles I have significantly edited

Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems Gamma Ray Burst Coordinates Network Goddard Space Flight Center Mullard Space Science Laboratory Penn State Abington Harry Samit

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory University Park Airport Rhawnhurst Northeast Philadelphia Airport Medlar Field at Lubrano Park

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