george adcock

george adcock

I am a seasoned veteran whose background includes news bureau, daily newspaper and publishing house experience. I have been doing fulltime freelance writing and editorial work for many years.

Most recently I have been writing on Brighthub.coms Space channel about space flight and space science.
Before pursuing my journalistic career, I worked in the Apollo program for a number of years. At Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSC) in Huntsville, AL, I wrote Launch Procedures manuals for the Saturn I launch vehicle. I also worked with the Future Studies Branch, with which I wrote the original design report for the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

Later, at the Launch Operations Center (LOC) at Cape Canaveral, I wrote reports on the Crawler/Transporter for the Saturn V. I also worked on the Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle and the Surveyor lunar lander project.
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Clorado U. B.A. Journalism

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  • The Long Run
    A poem about star travel without faster than light drive.
  • Tomorrow the Stars
    A poem about Mankinds future in space.
  • How Much Car Insurancee Do You Need?
    Our auto insurance premiums always seem to come due at inopportune times, but most states require that you have insurance. Your finance or lease company sure does. It behooves you to ensure you have enough to protect yourself.
  • Stellar Nucleosynthesis--Cosmic Alchemy
    We are made of star stuff. Everything in our world, even the building blocks of life, was made in the stars. In a tour de force of cosmic alchemy called stellar nucleosynthesis, every element in the periodic table was created in the stars.
  • Exchange Traded Funds--An Easy Route to Diversification
    Exchange Traded Funds--ETFs--can make it easy for you to have a diversified portfolio. And they can provide you with many advantages over other investment vehicles and standard mutual funds.
  • Technical Analysis Can Give You Insight into Stocks and Markets
    Technical Analysis tracks a stock's performance over a specific period of time to predict what it is likely to do in the future. It then, through a series of mathematical formulas, provides a look at the likely direction of the stock.
  • Beware of Conflicts of Interest when You Get Financial Advice
    We all need investment advice from time to time. But sometimes that advice is not in OUR best interests. That is because our advisor may have their own interests to look after. Conflicts of interests can be detrimental to our investment goals.

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