@space_gecko - eviltoast
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  • When I graduated college, I was interviewing with the charter school that my mom works at. They were looking for ANYBODY with a degree in physics. It didn’t matter that I wasn’t a licensed educator, it didn’t matter that all I had was a Bachelor’s degree. They were offering an annual salary of $42,000 per year.

    Two years later, I’m making over 4x that amount, annually, as a software engineer.

    I really would love to teach, because I love science and I love teaching. But I love financial stability and a good work/life balance wayyy more.















  • That money IS going to NASA, and then NASA decided it was a worthwhile investment to work with SpaceX to transport astronauts to the space station, resupply the station, and be an important research partner in autonomous landing systems, full-flow staged combustion engines, and many many more.

    The rest of the money is coming from commercial launch customers, government and private customers alike.

    Also, fiber internet doesn’t do you any good while you’re in the air or on the sea.