Career Highlights

While an ROTC cadet at Jacksonville State University, (AL) he attended Officer’s basic training in Ft. Bragg, (NC). At the end of training, he was selected as among the top five of approximately 2,300 cadet officers.

Casey graduated from Jacksonville State University (AL) with a Bachelor of Science, with a double major in physics and mathematics. He concurrently received an officer’s commission (2^nd lieutenant) in the US Army.

Casey served in the Army’s missile and computer branch (ADA) while progressing through the ranks to Captain. During this period, he graduated from the Army’s Command and General Staff College and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Webster University. He was also a graduate from the Army’s Computer Science school and subsequently taught computer programming/computer science to US and foreign officers.

Mr. Casey fulfilled a lifelong dream by working in the US space program with an initial job as a Senior Field Engineer of the Space Shuttle program. He did so as an employee of then Martin Marietta Corporation (now Lockheed-Martin).

Shortly after leaving Martin in late 1985 to start his own engineering company, Mr. Casey’s career took a dramatic turn following the Space Shuttle Challenger accident on January 28, 1986.

During this period Mr. Casey was routinely called to Washington D.C. where he served as a national space program consultant for the House of Representatives, NASA Headquarters and the White House. He was among several Space Shuttle, quality and safety experts called to testify before the House of Representatives Science Committee. He later was asked by NASA Headquarters to chair an investigation team to examine how the quality and safety systems broke down, thus contributing to the accident. After forming a company called JLC Aerospace, he was given a NASA contract to apply lessons learned from the Space Shuttle accident to the International Space Station. The company grew rapidly and, within the next few years, became a leader in the design of commercial spaceports while also performing contract work for the Department of Defense on rocket launch optimization.

While in Washington, D.C., through much of 1986-1991, he directly worked on critical space program matters, including the development of a list of candidates to become the new NASA Administrator and Deputy Administrator to take over NASA after the Challenger accident. Another task for the White House at this time was as Chairman of a National Space Policy committee, under the National Security Council (Gen. Colin Powell) for President George H.W. Bush. The committee he led included some of the most respected members of the space program.

During this period, Mr. Casey was involved in a wide variety of projects, companies, and consulting work. These activities involved the following, but were not limited to:

• President of Space Rail Corporation (SRC). This start-up was a planned space launch system using a large electromagnetic accelerator.
• President of Fideligent Corporation and The International Space and Science Foundation. This was a computerized voice company and a charity, respectively.
• President of Casey Aerospace Corporation (CAC). This company was started for the purpose of operating a tourism-based weightless flight experience.
• The International Space Corporation (ISC).  This company had the goal of creating the world’s first commercial astronaut training facility for space tourism clients.

In the course of examining a chart of sunspot activity in early 2007, Mr. Casey realized that solar activity may be the main cause behind climate change. This led to the next seven years of solar activity research, which resulted in his formulation of the RC Theory and:

On this date, Mr. Casey suffered a major stroke (hemorrhagic) with significant brain damage resulting in paralysis of the left side of his body as well as internal organ impairment. The SSRC was closed down shortly thereafter. Dr. Choi died within a year from complications of heart surgery, causing the shutdown of the IEVPC. Mr. Casey has since concentrated on therapy and related medical procedures to improve his condition. Though still dealing with a number of internal and mental challenges, over his first two years of intensive therapy, he successfully progressed from a hospital bed to a wheelchair, to a walker, to a cane, and now, to walking unassisted and, importantly, to driving again.

Since he can no longer do rigorous scientific research, and in order to keep his mind active, Mr. Casey has turned to sci-fi book writing under the pen name G. C. Conrad. His first sci-fi book, The Mercury Anthology, a collection of short stories, was published in 2021 with a second edition in 2024. His first sci-fi novel, The Cold! was published in early 2024, with a second edition also in late 2024.

Mr. Casey has been married for 53 years as of March 2026 to the former Alicia Crenshaw of Winter Park, Florida. They have two daughters, Shannon (husband David Coughlin) and Erin (husband Erik Forrest), along with three grandchildren. John and Alicia live in Orlando, Florida.