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kurmit  ·  4333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you do for a living? What would you like to do?

I'm a full time student at a University near DC, but I'm paid to do research, so you might say that helps sustain me. Ideally, I'd like to work with a company like SpaceX on a big time mission - Elon Musk has made some semi-serious statements about sending humans to Mars. More likely scenario, however, is that I'll be working for NASA Goddard on either propulsion or navigation & mission design. Still cool with me. I just hope I get a big project to work on at least once in my career.





Skippy  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    paid to do research

how did you get that job?

kurmit  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, I had already done a semester of (unpaid) work for the lab at my school, and the professor I had worked with offered to get me on payroll. Now I log my hours and get a little compensation! Woo.

thenewgreen  ·  4332 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I just hope I get a big project to work on at least once in my career.
That is an admirable goal. "If you will it, it is no dream". Good luck kurmit.