Jeff Baxter, Missile Defense Analyst

Via the Arms Control Wonk we learn that NASA has chartered a new Exploration Systems Advisory Committee whose members include "Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, Missile Defense Analyst, Beverly Hills, Calif." As Jeffrey puts it:

Yes, that is "Skunk" Baxter of the Doobie Brothers. How the hell does a guy in a band called the Doobie Brothers keep a security clearance? .... Perhaps our missile defense policy makes more sense if you're high.

In addition to the Doobie Brothers, Baxter also did a stint with Steely Dan, where on Countdown to Ecstacy he "sheds his outer skin and stands revealed as a Wild Boy."

Lonnie swept the playroom, and he swallowed up all he found.
It was forty-eight hours 'til Lonnie came around.

I think there's little doubt that this is the only album I own by a bona fide Missile Defense Analyst.

Posted by John Fleck at April 26, 2005 08:09 PM