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RACHAEL JOY NASA engineer Roland Norris onboard his sailboat Captiva docked in Merritt Island, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 13, 2021, where he wrote a book about his career. He says the chapter about the Challenger astronauts was the hardest to write. It took him seven years to finish his nearly 200 page memoir “My Path to a Career in Aerospace and an Out of This World Job with NASA.” (Rachael Joy/Florida Today via AP) MELBOURNE, Fla. — When engineer Roland Norris set out to write down the stories of his career spanning 40 years at NASA, he had one regret. “I wish I’d kept a journal or mad...

When engineer Roland Norris set out to write down the stories of his career spanning 40 years at NASA, he had one regret.

Florida Today When engineer Roland Norris set out to write down the stories of his career spanning 40 years at NASA, he had one regret. “I wish I’d kept a journal or made notes.  Instead I wrote it all from memory,” Norris told FLORIDA TODAY. He discovered quickly that he needed a quiet place to roam the corners of his mind and he found it in the cabin of his sailboat Captiva.  “I wrote almost all of it right there,” he said pointing to a cozy spot surrounded by his collection of videos about the various space programs. It took him seven years to finish his nearly 200 page memoir...

When engineer Roland Norris set out to write down the stories of his career spanning 40 years at NASA, he had one regret. “I wish I’d kept a journal or made notes.  Instead I wrote it all from memory,” Norris told FLORIDA TODAY. He discovered quickly that he needed a quiet place to roam the corners of his mind and he found it in the cabin of his sailboat Captiva.  “I wrote almost all of it right there,” he said pointing to a cozy spot surrounded by his collection of videos about the various space programs. It took him seven years to finish his nearly 200 page memoir “My Path to...