Bob‘s interest in aerospace was sparked by his father’s 30 year career at NASA Dryden located at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It was a time of historic breakthroughs in modern aviation. Programs developed during that time included the lifting body projects and the renowned X-15. All of which led to the design of the Space Shuttle.

Later, Bob began to see the educational possibilities of teaching young people about the history of aerospace while working as a tour guide at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He later became a contributing writer and photographer for Countdown Magazine, a national aerospace publication dedicated to the activities of the Space Shuttle.

Bob was co-emcee for the first and second Aerospace Walk of Honor ceremony in Lancaster, California. The ceremonies inducted such notable aerospace figures as Neil Armstrong and Chuck Yeager.

Over the years, Bob has narrated a variety of video histories dedicated to flight programs at NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards. Subjects have included the X-33, TU-144, X-36, and the solar powered Pathfinder and Centurion aircraft. The videos have been distributed to companies and government entities throughout the United States.

In 1999, Bob helped to create the “Air & Space Expo”, a non-profit event bringing many leading aerospace entities such as NASA Dryden, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States Air Force, Boeing and Northop-Grumman to participate side-by-side with area students. 

Captain Bob’s Rockets and Robots is a distillation of all of these efforts and experiences. Presented to over 25,000 students, the show travels to schools, libraries and special events to bring the fun of science, flight and our adventures in space to tomorrow’s pioneers...our children.

Bob is currently working on a collection of oral histories of pilots and engineers to later be published in book form.