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Comment · 1 year ago
Woah! We are fortunate to be able to interact with such interesting people. I don't suppose it would be a little cheeky if I asked if you knew anybody I could ask for work experience.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm curious, do you work at NASA?
Comment · 1 year ago
That may be right. In future, I think we will use a more unasumming watermark.
Comment · 1 year ago
That's fair enough, but for me, it was just a really procedural way to think through the process. All the work we did, summarised in one document felt kind of good.
Comment · 1 year ago
To be fair, we probably should have mentioned that. We simply chose PLA because it is easy to manufacture with. Possibly, things could have gone south pretty quickly. If we do something similar again, we could use some fancy machined metal for the housing.

Yeah, I can definitely relate. Fortunately, we had a team who was kind of interested at the start, so we could work from there. To be honest, I've learned so much from this, it's definitly worth the time I put in.

Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks! I'll check it out.
Comment · 1 year ago
I get you were just showing support, but as the guy who co-wrote the document, could I drop you an email about work experience?
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah, that would be cool. Also, are you an actual aerospace engineer? That's awesome!
Comment · 1 year ago
Great idea
Comment · 1 year ago
I can't speak for my whole team, but as the programmer/electrical guy/writer I have spent a few years teaching myself skills using the internet. I used YouTube tutorials to learn to code, and use blender, and that sort of thing.

Also, to be fair, we didn't quite build the rocket, we just built the probe.

Comment · 1 year ago
I'm really grateful for the kindness. That sort of attitude is great to hear, and I'll keep you in the loop about money ;)
Comment · 1 year ago
I really appreciate that. I just really enjoy being a part of this community, and I'm glad we can represent the younger generation.
Comment · 1 year ago
Thanks so much. I think we just really wanted to explain our plan on social media (and our outreach person didn't have much to do).
Comment · 1 year ago
Yeah. I can't tell you how much time we spent typing in the library. We spent so much time on risk assesment, that we nearly forgot to write about electronics.

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