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Re: NASA Force

#91

Post by digitaltrees »

tjwebbnorfolk wrote: post #89
scrumper wrote: post #11

Two things: - I like the rolling Moon animation very much. - This seems like a clever way of getting talent involved during a budget squeeze, presumably with the hope that some of those they attract will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again. I guess it's also a neat kind of try-before-you-buy for both sides. NASA is prestigious and one of the very few places one could do purely…

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That’s not even remotely true and is a trite dismissal of legitimate criticism. Further, even though this might be an exciting concept, when put in the context of the massive budget cuts to nasa specifically it’s hard to fully celebrate what might be more a PR stunt than a meaningful commitment to science and exploration.

Re: NASA Force

#92

Post by hermitcrab »

tiberone wrote: post #36

> NASA Force technologists inside the systems that power American spaceflight, aeronautics, and scientific discovery. Am I an idiot or does their leading sentence make absolutely no sense?

I don't think it actually a sentence.

Re: NASA Force

#93

Post by Waterluvian »

happyopossum wrote: post #61
Waterluvian wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure it is. You can fit a lot of technologists inside space flight and aeronautics systems if you push hard enough.

"fit" - you added a verb. That makes it a sentence.

I was thinking we verb the second word:

NASA force technologists inside the systems that power American spaceflight, aeronautics, and scientific discovery.

Re: NASA Force

#94

Post by sublinear »

ISL wrote: post #83

Spaceflight requires relentless deliberate progress. An exploding job-recruitment offer might not attract the kind of folks we want designing a system that absolutely must work after a decade in space. I've worked with NASA and ESA employees/contractors who've made technical miracles happen in space. I don't think any of them would be drawn to this style of recruitment.

I got the impression that despite using terms like "mission critical", this isn't about the hardcore technical wizardry behind propulsion and safety.

This is a call for developers of the very long tail of logistics related stuff. I'd imagine a moon base would need someone to write the software for schedulers, dashboards, etc. and engineer the parts that interface with and provide non-critical telemetry to those systems. I'm not saying that stuff isn't hard, but it's not anything life or death.

Some of those roles might not even be technical at all and be more about coordinating the human side of those efforts.

Re: NASA Force

#95

Post by dublinstats »

jacobsenscott wrote: post #76
hellojesus wrote: post #30

Why is this called Nasa Force when the linked job is for an Areospace Engineer? The usa.jobs site only shows 15 open reqs for Nasa, and they are almost all engineering roles, save a few accounting/finance ones. Does that mean there are legitimately no other jobs open for tech-related folks? What is the point of the fancy landing page (that provides zero actual info) if that's the case? No Data Science or developer op…

> Highly skilled early- to mid- career engineers, technologists, and innovators join NASA for focused term appointments, typically 1–2 years with the possibility of extension, to solve complex... is somewhere in that word salad. I think it's an internship?

Maybe a visiting scholar kind of thing.

Re: NASA Force

#96

Post by LorenDB »

digitaltrees wrote: post #91
tjwebbnorfolk wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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That’s not even remotely true and is a trite dismissal of legitimate criticism. Further, even though this might be an exciting concept, when put in the context of the massive budget cuts to nasa specifically it’s hard to fully celebrate what might be more a PR stunt than a meaningful commitment to science and exploration.

I don't think Jared Isaacman is interested in PR stunts. He actually seems to care about the science and exploration parts of NASA. Actually, he seems to care about all of NASA.

Re: NASA Force

#97

Post by unfunco »

hellojesus wrote: post #30

Why is this called Nasa Force when the linked job is for an Areospace Engineer? The usa.jobs site only shows 15 open reqs for Nasa, and they are almost all engineering roles, save a few accounting/finance ones. Does that mean there are legitimately no other jobs open for tech-related folks? What is the point of the fancy landing page (that provides zero actual info) if that's the case? No Data Science or developer op…

I think it's called NASA Force to screw with the search results for Space Force, similar to Boris Johnson saying his hobby was building toy buses, in order to try and reduce the relevancy of the Brexit bus.

Re: NASA Force

#99

Post by rib3ye »

kokanee wrote: post #55
tiberone wrote: post #36

> NASA Force technologists inside the systems that power American spaceflight, aeronautics, and scientific discovery. Am I an idiot or does their leading sentence make absolutely no sense?

This website is vibe coded

I am trying to understand, are you saying marketing always needs to be hand-rolled?

Re: NASA Force

#100

Post by hellojesus »

alephnerd wrote: post #71
hellojesus wrote: post #30

Why is this called Nasa Force when the linked job is for an Areospace Engineer? The usa.jobs site only shows 15 open reqs for Nasa, and they are almost all engineering roles, save a few accounting/finance ones. Does that mean there are legitimately no other jobs open for tech-related folks? What is the point of the fancy landing page (that provides zero actual info) if that's the case? No Data Science or developer op…

> I'd love to work for Nasa, but I live in Portland, OR. Does this geo basically disqualify me from ever joining Nasa Yes. And it always did since the 1950s unless you were interested in relocating. Ffs aerospace engineering cannot be done remotely, and that too in a city with a nonexistent aerospace industry. > Does that mean there are legitimately no other jobs open for tech-related folks? What is the point of the…

Thanks. I was dual questioning people that likely knew the answer and lamenting my life's decisions.

I have no doubt that modern engineering students have CS know-how. It's almost a requirement for the modern world. But I was curious if there were roles for things like simulation, embedded software, etc. or even general scientists that may not fall under traditional engineering. This was mainly conditional on the website's approach to vaguity.

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