About Me
Name: Michael West
Age: 25
Born: 16th March 1983 in Hornsby, Sydney
Current Location: Canberra, Australia
Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical Engineering) (Space) with Honours
Bachelor of Advanced Science (Physics & Geophysics) from Sydney University
Current Occupation: PhD Student at The Australian National University in Canberra. Working on the development of next generation electric propulsion systems for spacecraft and in particular the Helicon Double Layer Thruster at the Space Plasma, Power & Propulsion Group at the Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering.
Interets: Biblical Christianity, football (soccer for the uneducated type), digital photography, the outdoors, space exploration, astronomy, etc.
Favourite Movies: Transformers, StarGate, The Matrix, Lord of The Rings Trilogy, The Usual Suspects, Gladiator, The Sum of All Fears & The Bourne Identity.
Favourite Books: The Bible, Rebuilding the Matrix by Denis A. Alexander and anything by Tom Clancy (particularly The Hunt for Red October).
Favourite Quote: All of Job 38-39. It begins with…’Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.”‘ You can imagine Job beginning to tremble!