So, it's been like 6 months and my experience so far has been absolutely amazing. I have learned so much and have met so many great people. I'm updating this post because something insane is happening in my life right now, and none of my family really understands (they still think I work for NASA, theyre all over 70 though) but I know some of you do, and those I've been talking to on Discord, thank you for the support and listening to me freak out! My team lead put my name into the box last year when the dragon engineer was looking for people to fill a fairly new position on the Dragon team. Well, I had my first Interview yesterday and it went pretty well, but I have 2 more to go through, which might take till the end of february or early march. I'm a bit overwhelmed to say the least, but confident I can rise to the occasion. It involves complete ownership of Dragon 2 and most of Dragon 1. I will have to know how to operate the dragon avionics systems and fluid systems like they are the back of my hand, without assistance for a multitude of development tests, research and operational checkouts. If theres instrumentation on the pads that directly interface with the dragon, we build it. If something goes wrong, we fix it. If we need to make changes, I suggest them and work with the engineers to come up with solutions. It's an R&D team to be honest. We suit up the astronauts, teach them the systems, and were the closeout crew before launch. Were also out on the recovery boat when they land. I kinda don't believe I've been presented with this opportunity, but obviously someones looking out for me. Ive worked with a few of the guys already, and some say its a no brainer to bring me on. I honestly am not getting my hopes up though, because they are looking for the absolute best person for this position and If I'm not it, I completely respect that. VP pence and Gwynne Shotwell were on the pad with us last month for the GPS 3 launch, putting everything into perspective. The world is watching. Again, it's overwhelming, but so so exciting and as I said, a challenge I am more than ready to rise to. If I don't get it, I still have opportunities to do great and exciting things in this company, but if I do I'll be working on humanities spaceship. I was asked "who do you think will be working on BFR and Starship?" *chills*
Thank you for reading this if you have. This year has been fucking crazy, I kinda wonder if I'm going to wake up :P I was asked what my dream job would be in the interview. Without hesitation, I said this is it. Obviously.
Edit: I also forgot to mention operating the systems in space while in the control room.
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