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anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing | founder @genastronautics, prev. @caltech

El Segundo, CA
Joined May 2017
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Bram Schork retweeted
Ship issues be like: propulsion-induced harmonic resonance generated excessive cyclic structural stresses in the aft section, causing fatigue damage and propellant leakage that initiated a fire, compromised critical systems Booster issues be like: it aint got no gas in it
Replying to @Erdayastronaut
Booster was slightly low on fuel
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Bram Schork retweeted
Long Horizon Summit: @GenAstronautics builds robots for in-space operations (because space is labor-limited). By founder @bramschork's math, astronauts spent 3,000 hours on maintenance and repair on the ISS last year. That is about $3 billion of labor.
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We call on France to exercise restraint when dispersing the freedom fighters on the streets of Paris. These brave warriors for justice must receive immediate humanitarian aid, and their safety must be guaranteed in accordance with international law. Failure to comply will leave us no choice but to bring a case before the ICJ, in close cooperation with that renowned champion of human rights, Afghanistan.
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It was WEIRD. @bramschork and @rookisaacman sounded like were mind-melded at the @ycombinator event. Bram talked about @GenAstronautics work on super-intelligent robots in space ... and then @NASAAdmin told the whole crowd that what we really need is "robots in space" and "robots on the Moon".
An exciting week in Washington, D.C., representing @GenAstronautics at @ycombinator 's Startup Industrial Base: Building for the Next 250. We are incredibly thankful for NASA Administrator @rookisaacman @NASAAdmin for taking the time to share his unrelenting belief in the need for American robotic dominance on orbit. Mr. Administrator, we hear you, and we are proud to answer the call. America's Next 250 is the era of superintelligent robotic abundance.
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ICYMI: @bramschork presented on the Space Founders panel at @ycombinator's Startup Industrial Base: Building for the Next 250 in Washington, D.C. last week. As NASA Administrator @NASAAdmin put it during his fireside chat: “If you're playing around with robotics in space, there's going to be demand, there's going to be national security demands for it.” The time to build robots for space is now. youtu.be/oFC-RqzC0K8?si=2qbM…
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General Astronautics is proud to be a sponsor of the Berkeley Space Symposium 2026 hosted by NewSpace @ Berkeley. Come find our booth to grab some merch, hear about open roles, and learn how we're making space more than a place we visit.
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Bram Schork retweeted
wow so much drama about navier stokes. had no idea things could blow up so infinitely in such a finite time.
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Replying to @MattKilby23
You know the marching band is going to be insane.
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Sharing this publicly for the first time: orbit.gengalactic.com We're working to make access to orbit (and not just LEO) a lot more straightforward, for everyone.
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Bram Schork retweeted
Introducing our tech roadmap at @cosmic_robotics to start autonomous city construction on Mars in the mid-2030s. Our team includes senior talent from SpaceX, Tesla, Google, Amazon, Zoox, Nuro, and Autodesk. We're already deploying robots on large-scale construction sites. Link to roadmap in the thread below:
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Replying to @jrivanob
I grew up on food stamps in rural Kentucky. I have founded a company that makes clean, safe nuclear energy. I have created hundreds of jobs and will create thousands more. My family and I have bled sweat and cried to build this. The idea that you can just steal this from me is awful and evil. You are not the good guys
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Bram Schork retweeted
Today, @thelcjones and I excited to announce @cosmic_robotics has joined @ycombinator's summer batch to accelerate our mission: Building autonomous construction robots to build a city on Mars. And our systems are already at work today on some of the largest energy projects in the US.
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"We're wasting all this energy, time, technology and thought going somewhere where there's nothing alive." Guardian columnist Zoe Williams criticises the Artemis II moon mission in a discussion w/ @NathanOgunniyi and @SkyGillian on The Wrap. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501
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Bram Schork retweeted
Standing on the shoulders of giants. As the Artemis II crew prepares for launch no earlier than April 1, they recently took a moment to pay homage to the Apollo 10 crew and the groundwork they laid for the Artemis II Moon mission.
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Bram Schork retweeted
.@GenAstronautics builds autonomous robotics for space. In microgravity, proteins crystallize without defects and semiconductors form without flaws, but astronaut time is scarce. They are enabling scale for the work that can't be done anywhere else. Congrats on the launch, @BramSchork and @ShiboZhou! ycombinator.com/launches/PY8…
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Quote from @jordihays that unironically changed my brain chemistry: “The best nootropic is being on a mission”
tell me again about how locked in you are
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Bram Schork retweeted
The EU is committing to build a $11.13 billion constellation of satellites that will provide the bloc with encrypted global internet connectivity in a bid to provide a homegrown alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink trib.al/GyDRT8y
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Bram Schork retweeted
Hey all, I am Krish, 24 months ago I couldn't tell a resistor from a capacitor and have since built working 300V EV charging systems, smart locks, and logic analyzers for FPGAs. Now, I'm diving into gate-level neuron design. I learn fast, build faster and deliver what I promise. Looking for Spring '25 internships - let's build something legendary. A look at the charging board I designed for the 300V battery system.
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Bram Schork retweeted
Fun fact: “la sombrita” and starship took about the same amount of time.
democrats put enormous amounts of money into infrastructure investments like CHIPS and IRA but voters didn’t see any of it because Democrats are just totally unwilling to confront, or even mention, the process ghouls that strangle everything in red tape
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