That’s kind of long, so I’ll just reduce all that to the term “Gimmick Commander”, mainly all of that AND the Chief Blogger.

I’m a storied 20+ year veteran of Electrical & Systems Engineering. I have personally worked on multiple systems for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket program, and the USAF’s Delta IV line of rocket launch vehicles, including one that launched NASA’s Orion manned spacecraft on it’s maiden voyage in December 2014.

As of 2018, I’m now working on additional rocket programs to help further our efforts in Space Exploration and Defense.

My passion for my greatest career path, or Niche Career, started when I was 8 and I got an SR-71 Blackbird model for Christmas.  I eventually made my Niche Career out of this childhood passion, and is now expanding into several, offshoot Niche, Space-themed ideas.

I got this SR-71 Blackbird model for Christmas when I was 8 years old, but was hooked on Aerospace and the Space Program even before this after seeing Space Shuttle Columbia launch in early 1981.

This is me in 2008 standing next to an SLS and Ares-I model at the Clark Planetarium, but I’m thinner now since taking up biking, running, and yoga!

Also for nearly 2 years, I ran a Resume Writing Company called Rocky Mountain Resumes LLC, which is closed now but I helped over 300 clients with their job-finding needs, including working with many STEM discipline professionals such as myself.

As I worked on this, I realized that my greatest and best destiny was to work in the Space Program, and even to get further education than before.  I looked at various degree options and finally got underway with a really good one from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

As of 2018, I’m now pursuing my Masters of Systems Engineering to compliment my 20+ years of Electrical Engineering work that has been mostly in the Space Program by now.

In line with this, my heart is to also encourage others to find their own Niche career, nurture others’ need to feel useful, and pursue their vocational goals.  Greatest of these is to help interns, young upstarts, and mid-level career Engineers / Scientists / Tech-Workers / Military-Vets find their own Niche Career in the Space Program.

My idea was to create my own blog based on things that I myself am passionate about . . . science, space, spaceflight, science fiction, astronomy, etc.  That is where The Great Galactic Space Gimmick began, and its been running strong since 2017!

I have other ideas for the Rocket / Space / Engineer / Scientist / Explorer vocations I’ve been doing for so long, but that’s for another time and place.

I really look forward to having you onboard and visiting The Great Galactic Space Gimmick as often as possible.   There’s more content, ideas, stories, and other things that will make this awesome.  See you soon!!! 🙂

For The Great Galactic Space Gimmick, I’m Gimmick Commander Ben Faltinowski! 🙂

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