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Old July 31st 03, 02:27 PM
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Default NASA chief historian vacancy

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rk writes:
So you post it *here*? :-P


Point taken.


Actually, there is more than one qualified candidate in the sci.space
newsgroups, but whether or not they'd be willing to actually work for
NASA is a good question. It's just possible that this would be a
"dream job" for someone.

I'd personally love the research, but the writing would be difficult
for me, because I'm your typical can't spell, can't write very well
engineer. That quickly puts me in the not qualified category.


In my not-so-humble opinion, I am *perfectly* suited for this job. Just
one small problem -- I don't have the history coursework nor have I
worked professionally writing or managing histories. However, I have
been a professional writer for more than 20 years, and I have managed
document libraries for companies. I also worked in a library in college.

No one I know could do a significantly better job than I could.

But, in this thousand-applicants-for-each-position economy, I'm
absolutely positive that unless a candidate has been employed as a
government agency historian for at least five years, he/she won't even
get a polite "thank you for applying" response... *sigh*...

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