aerospace_guy

This has been happening for years now. Just adding "AI" or "LLM" gets the views and $$ these days.

The Van Horn property is primarily for Blue Origin, and I believe most is under the Blue Origin LLC, not him directly.

Amazon can launch Kuiper satellites on any launch vehicle, not just New Glenn.

the code is in the youtube video description [1];

definitely not PID control

[1] https://gist.github.com/ggerganov/092b86a59fa34926998953701a...

> And aerospace engineers are dirt cheap

Inaccurate, please stop sharing misinformation. Seeing this on HN is unfortunate.

It seems this is becoming the norm these days. Astra, Joby Aviation, Lucid Motors, Archer and a few others in the aerospace/automotive industries have done this recently.

Thanks for the response, y'all sound like a cool group of people. Wish you the best of luck, and I might sneak an application in once you get that hiring page up.

Godspeed!

Super cool!

1. I know there are a few other startups/companies working on similar technology. What differentiates y'all? I think Turion is the only one I've seen come out of YC though.

2. Don't see a careers page on your website. Are you hiring?

When commercial airplanes started out, people said the same thing about it being for rich people only. That's how these expensive things start. One day, the cost of these flights will be much lower, to the point where you and I can afford them. Hopefully that day is during our lifetime.

For sure, you're right that compared to a jet engine there are fewer parts. The caveat is you're comparing a large engine (and aircraft) with a much smaller one. Electric aircraft of today can't go anywhere near the range of jet engine powered aircraft, and hence the engine sizes are similarly sized. It's not a fair comparison, but you are right.

I agree! Just that saying "almost nothing to inspect or maintain" is not true.

Modern turbofan/turbojet/turboprop (really, any engine) has a ton of SW involved. Engine controllers [1] literally control the engines. Your point is completely wrong, I've worked on this software and they go through many forms of verification for things to work. Look at the failure rate of avionics and compare that to other industries.

Sure you or your friend may have had a bad experience at that company, but the big players generally won't let software bugs through.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FADEC

Huh? I see a lot of parts that can fail. What do you mean?

I just watched this for the first time. Your energy is infectious and inspiring.

Thank you for what you do.

> feedback loop that robs us of our independent thought by way of falling victim to laziness

This was my first thought when I saw this. I intentionally don't use predictive text whenever I can to preserve whatever originality I have left.

Thank you for posting this.

New Shepard has flown 14 times successfully without any failures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Shepard#Full_flight_list

Likely due to the relation between supersonic jets and sonic booms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom

Same here but only in elementary school. At least back in 2004. We moved from Logo -> QBasic -> Visual Basic -> HTML -> Java -> C before graduating high school.

> There should be an option to turn off simple things like that: turn off podcasts, pause learning from my music for then next 30 minutes, etc.

They state that private listening 'may' not influence your music recommendations.

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/private-listening/

> I have my phone in do not disturb mode 24/7

Me too. I've recommended it to so many people, but I think many are so addicted to that dopamine hit they find it hard to do.

Try meditation. Control your mind.

What sites allow employees to sell their options/shares to non-employees?

Why do you need machine learning to "deal with the knockback of shooting a gun from a drone"?

Do you think engineers haven't been involved in building aircraft and automobiles until now? They've been the "main drivers of success" since the beginning of those industries.

If you mean software engineers, I think your point is only partially valid. There is room for improvement in other areas as well, such as controls, aerodynamics, energy, materials to name a few.

Thanks, I didn't notice the link to the press release at the bottom of the article.

I find it interesting that Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is developing this, as opposed to Rolls-Royce plc - the company that works more closely with aviation.

Why not make it opt-in rather than opt-out?

Thanks! I wish they’d say ‘will not’ rather than ‘may not’. Good to know they’ve thought about it though!