Adam

satellite mechanical engineer in SoCal || in-space manufacturing research @ the University of Illinois

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@MattGialich Was the banana deep cleaned and doused in IPA before entering the cleanroom?

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@phalanx @pranavkrn we can both most certainly testify to the truth that starship cargo pods will be cheaper (and likely easier) than human-rating our hardware.

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I’d say that the University of Illinois had a pretty difficult engineering curriculum, compared to even my friends at Northwestern. That being said, there were of course particular classes and even specific professors that slightly inflated grades. The beautiful thing about UIUC is that they publish grade statistics for our courses.

Type in “ME” (mechanical engineering) or “AE” (aerospace engineering) into the search bar of this website and see for yourself the gpa of each course.

https://t.co/u1mcAzgFpo

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@SciGuySpace @WeHaveMECO Their concerns have ironically been very very slightly legitimized in the last 14 hours.

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@okthisisnagy Thinking about getting a Bulova Lunar Pilot myself. I really want a "moon watch" but can't justify the price of a Speedmaster so I'm going with the next best thing.

After I manage to get >1,000 kg of my hardware on-orbit then maybe I'll be able to justify it :)

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@Xaraphim What textbook are you learning from?

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@andrewmccalip @BellikOzan @VKAbramowicz Asking for myself, what are some good resources for learning composite design & manufacturing? One of my biggest regrets in college was not taking a composite mechanics or mfg course.

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@MattGialich I don’t think you have enough potted inserts in this panel

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@MasterActual Hans is such a great dude

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@zebulgar block upgrade? Buying an entire F9 and doing the barnacle thingy?

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@KSP_is_AWESOME @booster_10 Better question would be how would they get it to Australia? Would they barge it or would they launch from Starbase/Cape/Louisiana and catch it in Australia?

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@emm0sh Hey @emm0sh your FEM mesh here is pretty awful dude.

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@JackKuhr Is this one of the first instances of a company pivoting INTO launch vehicles instead of out of them?

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@RocketJonah Congrats! What are your next steps

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@RcSboii Every engineer worth their shit is a systems engineer.

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@michaelnicollsx @Starlink @SpaceX What's causing the mild shock experienced by the solar panel deployment scissor lift linkages?

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@davill Oh my God that breathing mode is insane.

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@LustbustOconnor I managed to finagle a round trip flight between Chicago and LA for an onsite interview, also engineering, for $1,800 + a really nice Marriott room. They buttered me up good before sending me in for 6 hours of straight technical 1-on-1's.

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@RocketLab @_MaxQ_ Cool and important testing on what I think are some of the most fun parts of the rocket…. but why did RL and Beck ever claim that a launch was possible in 2025 when mechanism testing is being conducted a third of the way through 2026?

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@blueorigin This lander is so damn big