/sci/ - Science & Math

https://twitter.com/andrewmccalip/status/1761905126917423389
>12 years ago I interned at SpaceX with one of the smartest guys I had ever met. We worked nonstop nearly every day that summer, it was a magical place with rockets and the vibes of 1960s NASA. 115 engineers interns living together at Oakwood, many of whom now run the new space industry. Our paths branched when I ended up turning Juncosa down so that I could go back to Texas, get married, and start a business. Entrepreneurialism was life-changing journey in my 20s, and I knew I wanted to do round 2 in a big way. '
>Fast-forward 9 years, and a fast talking guy with mismatched shoes (Delian) is shouting about the expanding the economic bounds of mankind and Atoms not Bits. SpaceX pioneered access to space, now what do we do with that??? Can we assemble a team of seasoned engineers to pull off an insane timeline, going from 0-1 in two years?
>The next three years were an absolute rollercoaster. One day we'll assemble all the footage and tell the story. Easily the hardest thing that any of us had ever done. In the end, success is largely determined by sheer willpower of the team. Yeah, you can assemble a smart group, but ultimately it's grit and willpower that gets you over the finish line. Never seen a team like them, we definitely got lightning in a bottle.
>The tremendous success of this first mission means that we can focus on the next stage. Relentless high cadence customer focused operations. To quote Elon, "It will be successful, ironically, when it becomes boring".