Col. Rick Searfoss, Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander

PUBLICATIONS Rick’s earth observations photos have been published in National Geographic magazine and the book Orbit: The Astronaut’s View of Home. In addition to numerous technical papers, military leadership and strategy treatises, and newspaper and magazine articles, he also contributed to Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s book, The Nature of Leadership.

Currently Rick is working on a joint book project with a noted leadership and organizational development author. Future plans include publishing a teamwork guide, book of photography of the United States from space, personal reflections on the human side of space flight, and a children’s book.

Keep checking back – the countdown has begun!

LINKS www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/searfoss.html Rick’s official astronaut biography

Leadership and Teamwork

www.greenleaf.org Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership.
www.ccl.org Center for Creative Leadership.
www.leadershipnow.com Great ideas and articles.
www.nols.edu National Outdoor Leadership School – leadership partners with the astronaut corps.
www.lbendaly.com Leslie Bendaly, organizational development and teambuilding expert.

NASA and Space Organizations

www.psu.edu/nasa/ STS-90 Neurolab (the mission Rick commanded) crew home page.
www.jsc.nasa.gov Johnson Space Center – home to the astronauts.
www.earth.jsc.nasa.gov Rick's favorite! Awesome downloadable photos of planet Earth from space.
www.ksc.nasa.gov Kennedy Space Center – where the rockets are!
www.nss.org National Space Society.

Space News

www.space.com www
www.spacedaily.com
www.nasawatch.com
www.spaceref.com

Space Stuff

www countdown-creations.com
www.thespacestore.com
www.auroragalleries.com
www.collectspace.com

Future Space "Who is to say what is impossible, for the dreams of yesterday are the hopes of today and the realities of tomorrow." Dr. Robbert H. Goddard, inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket engine.
www.xprize.org Ten million dollar prize for first privately funded, reusable, human-crewed craft to reach 100 kilometers.
www.zerogcorp.com Coming soon – a commercial version of NASA’s parabolic flight weightlessness aircraft.
www.spacetourismsociety.org Why not!? Two private individuals have already gone to space – more will surely follow.
www.spacefuture.com Collections of thought-provoking and visionary articles.
www.spaceentrepreneurship.net Dedicated to promoting private space ventures of all types.