Shad Gitiforooz

@spacex, Sometimes I build robots, admire buildings, and run triathlons | See highlights for projects

[ZaxtR @AmX_ZaxTr]

If you want a detailed explanation of why Elon Musk converted the Starship vehicle from carbon fiber to stainless steel

[🌸JL🌸 @na_la_la]

Cosmically, wood is more rare than diamonds.

[Shad Gitiforooz @gitiforooz_1]

Spent a couple years working on aviation antennas:

The radome geometry is driven by the antennas, which need tons of clearance to rotate and track the GEO satellites as the plane.

ThinKom has the lowest profile phased array antennas, but Starlink is coming for the crown.

[👣ℙ𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠'𝕤 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖🇺🇲 @OfAthenry]

I feel like this satcom radome could easily be more aerodynamic, so I just text my buddy who is an engineer for Boeing and he responded with an entire novel on why it isn't. So now I'm starting to think that he was the guy who dropped the ball while designing it.

[Shad Gitiforooz @gitiforooz_1]

No doubt about it

[Jay Alto @theJayAlto]

what's the greatest blog post on the internet?

i'm talking 'violently shift your entire perception of reality' blog post

[Kait Devir @DevirKaitlin]

New York or Nowhere. 📸 photos by me

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@AJamesMcCarthy Read books, talk to people & iterate rapidly with hardware & software

[Shad Gitiforooz @gitiforooz_1]

Proudest moment of my life (so far)

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First full stack of Starship V3

[Shad Gitiforooz @gitiforooz_1]

@emm0sh DFM for 3d printing vs DFM for Milling are 2 completely different ballgames, my brother

[Julien Bek @JulienBek]

I wrote about this shift last month in "Services: The New Software."
https://t.co/DJMpmUlaKs

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First 33-engine static fire for Super Heavy V3

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

most people don't even try

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PHOTO OF ALL TIME HOLY SHIT

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Dreamt I was in lunar orbit last night. Been in that post-vivid-dream-that-wasn't-real funk all morning.

[travis kalanick @travisk]

Atoms.

https://t.co/nbCnIkI3RD

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Such a beautifully simple and light interstate for Starship Super Heavy

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

When Kobe Bryant said his insane level of confidence came from knowing he done all he could to prepare, it taught me that anytime I'm nervous it means I didn't prepare enough.

[Dedicating Ruckus @ded_ruckus]

trivia: when the Super Heavy is firing at full thrust, it amounts on its own to about 1% of the total global human energy consumption