Congrats SpaceX and their NASA Counterparts!

I work in the IT Department at a huge factory. My pay is above average for this area, I have freedom to do side projects and keep the rights to my code. I get to talk with interesting people from all walks of life and its much more interesting than the consultancy I was working at before this. Having to work on writing queries that involve the payroll databases I know how much most people make, and most of the blue-collar managers and shift leaders make more than I do. My point in all this is factory work shouldn't have a negative connotation. I love my job and the people I work with.

Some of us (with social skills and upward mobility) do quite well for ourselves, Thank You.

Acording to this; http://www.spacex.com/downloads/dragonlab-datasheet.pdf VxWorks

I disagree about the learning. I have had some great professors, and while almost all are adjunct, the bad ones were few and far between.

While it is a little pricey, UMUC (which started out as the distance education branch of UM College Park) has some good teachers and a great Computer and Information Science Program. Comparing notes with the local "State College" the classes are harder and regardless of an percieved online stigma, I am proud of my education. Full Disclaimer, I still have 8 classes to go until graduation. CJ

Oh yeah. Pre-pregs are pretty much standard. So much in fact that that Hexcel can't make it fast enough. The only thing I have seen hand-impregnated are fiberglass cloth for some legacy parts.

Even using prepregs in climate-controlled layup rooms with the exact same mold with the same CTE, parts will vary significantly.

+1 for this. When I worked at JSC, Sen. KBH (Named removed) was on the VIP list for NASA. How many European vacations did we give her? The answer may never be known.

Composites are a bad example. There is too much variation in the resin/curing process and the inane tolerances are imported from metal manufacturing years.

You can not accurately say that just because an organization is not accredited by X body that its quality is lower.

I, for one, welcome our new SpaceX overlords.

Who cares? All my Windows Machines are pirated anyway so what is the difference?

This!

Maybe not dead, but Keanu Reaves did what he could to kill it!