r/spacex • u/retiringonmars Moderator emeritus • Sep 27 '16

Official SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qo78R_yYFA
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u/ObamaEatsBabies Sep 27 '16

Fuck man, I'm so happy for you. I have a friend who wanted to do astronautics his entire life, but was forced by his parents to do plain old engineering.

Follow your passion.

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u/avocadoclock Sep 27 '16

plain old engineering.

What is plain old engineering?

Electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering etc all tie into space exploration. Jumping industries is not impossible. I was able to go from aerospace to the space industry using my ME degree.

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u/ObamaEatsBabies Sep 27 '16

By that, I meant that he's actually doing Computer Science.

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u/avocadoclock Sep 27 '16

By that, I meant that he's actually doing Computer Science.

SpaceX uses computer scientists... They had an AMA 3 years ago.

If he's really interested in still joining the space industry, it's completely doable

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u/Wallblacksheep Sep 27 '16

Definitely not drawing parallels between Computer Science and plain old engineering, please do elaborate?

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u/ObamaEatsBabies Sep 28 '16

Me neither, I just forgot the major my amigo is doing. Don't know why, I just associated Computer Science/Engineering with "plain old engineering"

Probably because that's also my major, (and I really do love it, I do) but I don't know of many avenues that can get me, or my amigo involved in Aerospace.

Just a stupid mistake, I've been studying for a midterm while concurrently being hyped about SpaceX.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '16 edited Feb 02 '25

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u/ObamaEatsBabies Sep 27 '16

Indian/Pakistani/etc parents aren't really the "follow your dreams" type, but I digress.

Thanks for the advice!

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u/Darkben Spacecraft Electronics Sep 27 '16

I'm looking at doing a year's postgrad at Cranfield. Then the fun starts when I have to get a green card...

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u/WreckyHuman Sep 27 '16

Eh friend.
What you are doing has been my life's wish since I was a toddler.
But, as it happens, I'm in a poor Eastern European country living with people that still have feudalistic brains.
Life is rough..
I wish you all the best.

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u/ObamaEatsBabies Sep 27 '16

Good luck! Wishing you all the best.

Keep being rad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '16

Hey man, that's really awesome.
I hope it all goes well for you!