Bobak Ferdowsi

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Is there anything better than a Go / No-go poll?

21.11.2024 17:23 — 👍 26    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 1

the tshirt i have says otherwise

18.11.2024 23:55 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s fun when people say things are on their radar but your mission is actually a space based radar and you have to think about it a little

18.11.2024 23:48 — 👍 64    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0

Tomorrow, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will go through another round of layoffs and all I can think is that for some of these folks they’ll be parting with their dream job

13.11.2024 06:59 — 👍 62    🔁 7    💬 12    📌 0

Also the processor is basically from the last century

18.08.2023 22:48 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The really fun thing about working on spacecraft computers is that I don’t have to block anyone to make the experience better

18.08.2023 22:45 — 👍 23    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Blue sky and below a tan and orange landscape with a turquoise geothermal spring

Meanwhile, on Earth

04.07.2023 00:34 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

sure I’ve worked on a few spacecraft but my greatest accomplishment is definitely the air freshener in the bathroom at JPL

29.06.2023 00:32 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I know what spacecraft like
I know what spacecraft want
I know what spacecraft like
I’ve got what spacecraft like
(It’s MIL-STD-1553)

09.05.2023 05:37 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0