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Post by jmalicki »

hellojesus wrote: post #219
alephnerd wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you are underestimating your ability to contribute and also putting NASA on too much of a pedestal. I'd argue your background is extremely valuable, but not easily traversible to NASA at the moment. If you are deeply interested in the space, working with the newer startups in geospatial/hyperspectral imaging (be it climate or defense usecases) or CV space. In a lot of cases, NASA is basically just acting as a…

Thanks. I did find a space jobs site last week, and some jobs looked like they aligned closely. That's probably why I was surprised the nasa reqs weren't as broad. I wasn't really looking for a change; I have 1 and 3 year olds and am fully remote, and the flexibility with sicknesses is really a benefit. I think it was mostly a shock to my system that I may never do anything "cool" with my life.

One way of viewing this is that to a moderate degree, NASA has largely been outsourced to SpaceX.

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Post by joshuat »

daviding wrote: post #17

My 5090 couldn't handle that starfield at the beginning. I got a 1202 alarm just scrolling down..

My MBP M5 couldn't handle it with Firefox but it was fine on Safari, betting it's a WebGL issue or something

Re: NASA Force

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Post by casefields »

aaronharnly wrote: post #220
thegrim33 wrote: post #193

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>> budget squeeze >> will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again 2026 budget - 24.4 billion 2025 budget - 24.8 billion 2024 budget - 25.3 billion 2023 budget - 25.3 billion 2022 budget - 24.0 billion 2021 budget - 23.2 billion 2020 budget - 22.6 billion 2019 budget - 21.5 billion 2018 budget - 20.7 billion 2017 budget - 19.6 billion 2016 budget - 19.2 billion What part of these nu…

2027 White House proposed budget[1]: $18.8 billion 2026 White House proposed budget[2]: $18.8 billion [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget... [2] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal... [2] is represented as deltas, explainer here https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phas...

Congress passes the budget since they have the power of the purse. Presidents have requested all sorts of nonsense to appease the base.

Re: NASA Force

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Post by spelunker »

EricRiese wrote: post #160

Experience necessary. From Assessment 1, which you only get to after spending $16 ordering your college transcript... > I have 1 year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal service that included: Performing program/project management of space, aeronautical flight systems or experimental aircraft/aircraft systems that involve planning, researching, designing, d…

They want my college transcript? From the early 00's? I would like to think I've grown a bit professionally since then.

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Post by esseph »

arikrahman wrote: post #204
esseph wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There are users or bots that post political headlines on here with an obvious one-sided bias So, humans that are extremely upset with the current state of things. > and do it to farm points I'm sure some do, but have you seen how many people across the US have been having protests? People are pissed . I'm pretty sure your analysis of the motivations would not at all be accurate with such a blanket statement.

Your statement that it's humans and dismissing botted activity is a blanket statement, whereas I never used absolute language. If it's a human getting up and rushing to to write about promoted ragebait content devolving a forum into an echo chamber, of course someone takes the bait and lists grievances in hysterical language unsolicited. Such emotionality is totally uncalled for on a tech forum, and proves my point.

> Such emotionality is totally uncalled for on a tech forum

Only when the robots fully take over. It's one of many things that separate us from the machines. Dismissing emotions is dismissing humanity.

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Post by chimerasaurus »

> You will join a collaborative, mission-driven team where ideas are valued, contributions are recognized, and innovation is part of everyday work.

Wow, gee wiz. I can’t wait to synergize in real time for action oriented solutions.

/s

This website feels like an HR person asked Claude to make a website. If you’re swayed by a simple website, you’re not high caliber talent.

Re: NASA Force

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Post by esseph »

bakies wrote: post #148
esseph wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The $20 billion dollar moon base didn't seem like an announcement grounded in reality While I can't comment on the cost per say, there are both military and capitalistic reasons for the race to the moon.

is there?

- Deep space surveillance

- Logistics Hub

- "Get there quickly and set legal precedent"

- Resource extraction (helium-3, gold, platinum, etc)

- If moon dust can be converted to oxygen reliably, the first company or country to set up shop on the moon can sell that service to countries and commercial entities.

- Unique manufacturing and science activities because of the low gravity

- "Space Tourism"

Re: NASA Force

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Post by brianjlogan »

dangoodmanUT wrote: post #37

you can tell this was generated with Gemini, the way it loves to do those "enter on scroll" sentences

My key indicator is if I scroll right on mobile and see horizontal bleed over. For some reason models still fail at this so it's clearly vibe coded.

Re: NASA Force

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Post by VanTheBrand »

thegrim33 wrote: post #193
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…

>> budget squeeze >> will still be around after this congress and the agency can stabilize once again 2026 budget - 24.4 billion 2025 budget - 24.8 billion 2024 budget - 25.3 billion 2023 budget - 25.3 billion 2022 budget - 24.0 billion 2021 budget - 23.2 billion 2020 budget - 22.6 billion 2019 budget - 21.5 billion 2018 budget - 20.7 billion 2017 budget - 19.6 billion 2016 budget - 19.2 billion What part of these nu…

Accounting for inflation the 2026 budget is 2 Billion less than the 2016 budget.
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