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I'm mentoring a group of high school students who were just selected by the CubeSat Launch Initiative to put a smallsat up. It's not quite my first rodeo with

by mlyle 3y ago

I'm mentoring a group of high school students who were just selected by the CubeSat Launch Initiative to put a smallsat up. It's not quite my first rodeo with this stuff, but it's still incredible to be a part of and see. [It's incredible to be a part of, but it's also just a whole lot of attention to detail, paperwork, and paranoia] People don't tend to let HS students do much, so it's pretty stirring when they get an email that said approximately "We appreciate your... dedication to furthering humanity’s presence in space and knowledge of the cosmos."

consumer451 3y ago
That is so cool! My biggest wide impact was creating the UI for first, or second, airline touchscreen check-in system ever deployed. The feeling of ownership/creation that I had knowing that my code was all around the West Coast was awesome. I can only imagine how cool it must feel to be part of a project that has escaped the Earth's atmosphere, and zips by at orbital speeds. I would think that those high school kids will benefit from this project a lot. A truly mind-expanding experience.