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I just went through and deleted every reference to where I work from my lj. It's not secret, exactly, but it's also not something that I'm really supposed to broadcast. But then, there's a reasonable chance that I'll switch agencies in a few years, so people can properly lose track of me then. (: Since LJ is partially Russian-owned, I wouldn't be surprised if the FSB filed the information away, but there's far worse things that can happen. So if one of your comments is missing, it's because it said where I work. Nothing personal. Given that friends locking is not secure at all, from the government's perspective, my policy of all posts being public remains.
I have decided to start a consortium of space nerds who have mostly-unrelated-to-space day jobs, who design Martian colony ships in their spare time (we're talking the sort that could transport a colony from Earth to Mars in the 2050 time frame.) I've been missing design, you see. Anyone want in?
Though I did design an interesting space launch vehicle during a meeting at work about the new performance review system: The manned portion is a disk, saucer-shaped, about five meters thick at the center, with a circular living space inside. Attached to it is a secondary hull, a cylinder, with a rocket engine on the back, with two pylons coming off the side, each with a cylindrical booster rocket on the end. Those who are good with visualization might catch the reference here. (:
I have decided to start a consortium of space nerds who have mostly-unrelated-to-space day jobs, who design Martian colony ships in their spare time (we're talking the sort that could transport a colony from Earth to Mars in the 2050 time frame.) I've been missing design, you see. Anyone want in?
Though I did design an interesting space launch vehicle during a meeting at work about the new performance review system: The manned portion is a disk, saucer-shaped, about five meters thick at the center, with a circular living space inside. Attached to it is a secondary hull, a cylinder, with a rocket engine on the back, with two pylons coming off the side, each with a cylindrical booster rocket on the end. Those who are good with visualization might catch the reference here. (: