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Theres a lot of great articles on Scaled Composites (both before and after they won the X prize) that describe the culture and what it was like to work there.
by aray 13y ago
Theres a lot of great articles on Scaled Composites (both before and after they won the X prize) that describe the culture and what it was like to work there.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/space.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.07/space.html
They seem very different from the "NASA" mentality, and much younger and more startup-focused. Very (extremely!) small team, given what they accomplished.
- JabavuAdams 13y agoThey also lost some people to some kind of test accident. I'm not saying this to point fingers, but to remind people that in aerospace, you're not dealing with. "Oops, I ran the wrong build configuration. I guess I'll just restart."
- phonon 13y agohttp://www.knightsarrow.com/rockets/scaled-composites-accident/ http://www.knightsarrow.com/rockets/scaled-composites-accide...