Randall Moore:  

Like most of "our generation" I entered the Army (Corps of Engineers ROTC at NU) after college graduation. After I got out of the Army I was very lucky to find a company where I kind of fit right in. Though I didn't know it at the time (security) the company (ITEK Optical Systems) got its start building the cameras that photographed the Cuban missile silos and went on with things like airborne recconnaisance systems and the Viking cameras on Mars (1976) Now, I'm now retired in Duxbury (retirement community). but in my career, I held positions over the years as Principal Systems Engineer and Director of Engineering. I worked mostly on programs having to do with "stuff" in space. The "stuff" included the Chandra X-Ray telescope program, the Sptizer Infrared telescope & some "recce" systems (you might do a web search on the KH-9 or see the book "Spy Capitalism" by Lewis ) as well as "real time atmospheric compensation" systems for ground-based telescopes. My time in the Army was spent in the Corps of Engineers., mainly at Ft Wolters TX.. - the Army's Primary Helicopter School. I'm still a licensed pilot, and I built and flew two small aircraft, one Ultralight and one "Light Sport" and was involved with the local chapter of EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) My LinkedIn profile can fill in some of the ...Expand for more