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[quackery]

question for those of you who are coming to earth OR have already come to earth!

because i'm curious: what are you most excited to do when you get back down OR what was the very first thing you did when you came back that you couldn't do on the moon :)

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[patriotsprodigy]

I'm a mechanical engineer and programmer.

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[quackery]

ohhhh cool! so like building machinery and doing computer stuff then?

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[patriotsprodigy]

Yep! I work for Solis Space and Aeronautics back on my Earth. It's great.

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[quackery]

oh so like, building spaceships? or something else? that's really neat

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[patriotsprodigy]

Spaceships are the next step but, for now, I'm working on RLV's for the start of the space tourism industry.

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[quackery]

what's an rlv

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[patriotsprodigy]

It's an acronym for 'Reusable Launch Vehicle.' It travels a few dozen times the speed of sound.

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[quackery]

a few dozen? whoa

what do you do to get it to move so fast

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[patriotsprodigy]

Part of it is because we developed the RLV using a genetic algorithm. Basically, ships having babies and all the best part being passed down through each generation.

And then there's the LACE engine, something of my own design, that uses liquid hydrogen to chill and liquefy the oxygen in the air. The reaction between the liquefied hydrogen and oxygen creates propulsion. And we've got the LACE engine combined with ramjets for maximum efficiency.