making stuff in my garage, founder of Definity Education / @landerchallenge
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We just partnered with the Musk Foundation to give out $175k in grants to advance the frontier of collegiate rocketry.
This is in addition to the $390k we’re already giving out to collegiate teams building propulsive self-landing rockets.
When we first started, people laughed and told us what we were attempting would be impossible.
2 years later, several student teams have achieved both TVC and throttled hotfire with liquid engines, and they are making fast progress on their hoppers. We’re already seeing hover attempts at a collegiate level!
These kids are doing this on 0.001% of a typical rocket budget, dedicating 80 hour weeks without any pay to build some of the most capable rockets outside of industry.
The reason why so many people fall in love with space and rocketry is because it is proof that humanity is capable of the impossible.
We want to continue to advance that mission.
Back to work.
Patrick Finley retweeted
From 2011 - 2014, the Thiel Fellowship gave out 40 $100k fellowships to entrepreneurs
That were all under 20 years old at the time...
13 unicorns have since been built by those 40 fellows
4 of those 40 fellows are also now billionaires
Absolutely insane hit rate
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the best company in the world of biology. there's a single digit number of humans with as high odds as @isaakfreeman to completely change the world.
ignore at your peril! lucky to be an early investor in Capable!
Patrick Finley retweeted
the ref in this Paraguay game is useless. Such dirty play and antics all going unpunished
meanwhile, @Ford wants me to pay $150 for a 'navigation update' for my truck, which covers the shipping cost (!?!?) and 'arrives in as little as 2 days'
someone please help ford, they are in need of help :/
Patrick Finley retweeted
I interview dozens/hundreds of new grads, nearly every day of the year. These are people with a well-formatted resume and a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from well-regarded US universities and a GPA above 3.6. The majority cannot engineer, cannot function independently, cannot answer basic technical questions. We have watered down standards and inflated grades to the point that a bright, enthusiastic student spending four years in school sends almost no signal at all.
What does? Hard evidence of actually building stuff. There is no substitute for actually doing the thing.
More than five years after the UC system lifted its standardized testing requirement, a coalition led by UC Berkeley math professors argues the drop in students’ math levels is “severe.” sfchronicle.com/california/a…
Patrick Finley retweeted
Well not in college but my daughter (14) and I built this and it was by far the toughest project we have tried.
Patrick Finley retweeted
We just partnered with the Musk Foundation to give out $175k in grants to advance the frontier of collegiate rocketry.
This is in addition to the $390k we’re already giving out to collegiate teams building propulsive self-landing rockets.
When we first started, people laughed and told us what we were attempting would be impossible.
2 years later, several student teams have achieved both TVC and throttled hotfire with liquid engines, and they are making fast progress on their hoppers. We’re already seeing hover attempts at a collegiate level!
These kids are doing this on 0.001% of a typical rocket budget, dedicating 80 hour weeks without any pay to build some of the most capable rockets outside of industry.
The reason why so many people fall in love with space and rocketry is because it is proof that humanity is capable of the impossible.
We want to continue to advance that mission.
Back to work.
Got suspended for impersonating myself this morning!
Anyway we’re giving out >$300k in prizes for collegiate teams building self-landing rockets.
We just partnered with the Musk Foundation to give out $175k in grants to advance the frontier of collegiate rocketry.
This is in addition to the $390k we’re already giving out to collegiate teams building propulsive self-landing rockets.
When we first started, people laughed and told us what we were attempting would be impossible.
2 years later, several student teams have achieved both TVC and throttled hotfire with liquid engines, and they are making fast progress on their hoppers. We’re already seeing hover attempts at a collegiate level!
These kids are doing this on 0.001% of a typical rocket budget, dedicating 80 hour weeks without any pay to build some of the most capable rockets outside of industry.
The reason why so many people fall in love with space and rocketry is because it is proof that humanity is capable of the impossible.
We want to continue to advance that mission.
Back to work.