Writing

Mission log.

What we learn firing fish into the sky. Method, not opinion.

A tin rocket crossing a constellation chart
Missions

The mission patch committee has opinions

Forty designs, one tin, no survivors.

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Engineering plots behind a tin rocket
Engineering

A portable sea: feasibility study

Mars lacks one obvious amenity. Engineering has thoughts.

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The canteen chart nobody follows
Canteen

The great olive oil audit

Propulsion and the canteen share one budget line. It went as expected.

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A tin rocket crossing a constellation chart
Missions

We are teaching the ground crew to swim

Integration works both ways.

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Engineering plots behind a tin rocket
Engineering

Incident report: the tin opener

A near miss involving our own hull design. Lessons were learned.

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A tin rocket crossing a constellation chart
Missions

Our air traffic controller is a seagull

He accepted the job for bread. He is excellent.

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A tin rocket crossing a constellation chart
Missions

How to train for space when you already live underwater

Neutral buoyancy comes naturally to some of us.

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The canteen chart nobody follows
Canteen

The canteen menu problem

Everything on the menu is a colleague.

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A tin rocket crossing a constellation chart
Missions

An interview with Commander Sardinha

Mars has no sea. We are bringing one.

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Engineering plots behind a tin rocket
Engineering

Zero-G canning tests

In space, no one can hear the tin open.

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