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Love to watch (and support with my money) all these low cost space propulsion projects. This kickstarter project http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027072188
by dchichkov 14y ago
Love to watch (and support with my money) all these low cost space propulsion projects. This kickstarter project http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027072188/plasma-jet-electric-thrusters-for-spacecraft/posts http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2027072188/plasma-jet-el... was particularly amazing to watch. Best donation / entertainment money spent ever. And I hope B612 foundation would result in some great fun as well ;) Or not :)
And another thing. And advice for kids looking for summer internships. Don't do these 'iPhone games' startups. Try something real, like NASA or Lockheed, or whatever. If you good, who knows, maybe a few lines of your code will have a chance flying into space.
- quahada 14y agoFormer aerospace, current iPhone app guy here. Each career path has its pros & cons. Working at a place like NASA or Lockheed lets you work on some very cool projects, often times you are working on some project that never sees the light of day (canceled due to budget cuts and what not). Also, the bureaucracy at large aerospace organizations can be stifling. Having said that, Space X seems like it offers the best of both worlds.
- dchichkov 14y agoI should have been slightly more precise, the advice was specifically about taking an internship in aerospace as a kid. I don't have any advice about having a career in aerospace industry... Haven't had one. I only had a short internship as a high school student at aero/space R&D company back in Russia. But that [aero/space R&D, not Russia ;)], I can highly recommend. I think actually, a more general advice is to take an internship in any high tech industry area in which a cost of software or design failures is very, very high.