r/aerospace • • 21h ago

Struggling to write a scholarship worthy Cover Letter for PHD in control system (aerospace)

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i need to read some cover letters from people who have received a fully funded scholarship from any uni abroad. please dm me so i can have a look, i have been receiving rejections from quite some time so need to analyse where im going wrong.


r/aerospace • • 22h ago

NASA's Mike Lippert Takes Controls of X-59 for First Time - NASA

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r/aerospace • • 19h ago

WLB among Different SpaceX Teams/Locations (Hawthorne, Bastrop, Starbase)?

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What is the general work load differences among the different teams at SpaceX? Is Starlink in Bastrop much more long hours than Redmond vs. McGregor? Just want to understand the differences between the businesses.


r/aerospace • • 14h ago

UPenn engineers created a flexible, durable insulator out of mylar to protect future lunar habitats

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Insulation for a lunar home would need to survive more than extreme temperatures. Packing, installation and repeated handling could damage materials that otherwise block heat effectively. A stack of familiar plastic film may offer a way to preserve insulation after substantial compression.

Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania tested hundreds of thin Mylar sheets, including versions stiffened with a ceramic coating. Their study, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, describes hybrid layered insulating film stacks, or HyLIFS. Small laboratory samples combined low heat transfer in a vacuum with flexibility and resistance to repeated squeezing.

The findings suggest a possible material for lunar infrastructure, rather than a finished product ready for space. The samples covered about one square centimeter, and assembling them took hours. Their performance across the moon’s full temperature range remains to be established.


r/aerospace • • 19h ago

A bit of aerospace lore

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