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Inspirations and Aspirations - Recanting Rocket Rationale

The Amp Hour · 26 Jun 2015 · 1h 00m · Episode 255

What this episode covers

Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics and FindChips shares insights from tours of SpaceX and Northrop Grumman, reflecting on the high-pressure, mission-critical engineering culture in aerospace compared to consumer electronics. Dave Jones of EEVblog discusses his challenges in getting a side project manufactured by a large name-brand manufacturer, highlighting the difficulty of cost control and the necessity of setting artificial constraints to avoid scope creep. The hosts also debate the role of reality TV and YouTube in inspiring the next generation of engineers and the strategic decision to vertically integrate manufacturing versus outsourcing.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies and companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Contextual Electronics, FindChips, Parts.io, EEVblog, Seeed Studio, MacroFab, CircuitHub, Keithley, Tesla, Flextronics
Products
The Martian, New Horizons, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Pleo, Furby
Tools
Altium
Also
Caleb Chung

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