JohnOfOsgiliath

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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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.
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

   I looked it up and found this: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nasa_std_601... I quickly read through and found it fascinating.
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

   I'm curious, do you work at NASA?
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

   That may be right. In future, I think we will use a more unasumming watermark.
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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.
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

   Thanks! I'll check it out.
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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?
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   by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

   Yeah, that would be cool. Also, are you an actual aerospace engineer? That's awesome!
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

    Great idea
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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 thi
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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 ;)
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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.
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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).
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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y 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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    by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago

    Thanks so much for the kind words. I really enjoyed writing the documentation.
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    Show HN: My high school team’s space probe(drive.google.com)

    157 points by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago|35 comments
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    Show HN: My high school team's space probe(drive.google.com)

    1 points by JohnOfOsgiliath 2y ago|0 comments