Avionics Systems Engineer @SpaceX | Lighting Nerd | UMass Amherst 17’ | 👻dmesh | 📷 dmesh18 | Opinions are my own!
Long Beach, CA
Joined September 2013
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David Meschisen retweeted
Starship is hiring PCB Designers! Come design Lunar flight hardware with next-gen AI layout tools that will blow your mind!
Level I/II: job-boards.greenhouse.io/spa…
Senior: job-boards.greenhouse.io/spa…
David Meschisen retweeted
Armies that win have the general at the front lines. Nobody wants to bleed for the prince in the palace.
Ron Baron asked Elon Musk how many CEOs live on site in an Airstream and work hands-on with everyone.
MUSK: “Airstreams are actually pretty nice... It’s parked right next to the power plant.”
“We built this power plant that’s producing over a gigawatt... in about a year, as opposed to normally about five years.”
“There is no upstairs.”
He walks the entire site up to five times a day. He’s pulled power cables “the size of an anaconda,” run fiber, wired switches, and worked on the power plant software.
“I try to do at least a little bit of everything, so that I’m not numb to the pain of the people who are actually doing it.”
“It’s not as though I’m sitting in an office and somebody has to come to me. I’m walking the floor, asking them questions actively.”
There’s a reason SpaceX is winning the compute race.
David Meschisen retweeted
SpaceX will attempt to catch both the Super Heavy booster and Starship on the upcoming flight.
If both are successful, it will mark the first time that all parts of an orbital rocket return to Earth intact.
This is the critical breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary.
More than a dozen flight tests and years of development, with countless hours worked by SpaceX engineers and technicians, all come down to this: the first orbital Starship launch carrying advanced Starlink satellites bound for space.
Watch “Go For Orbit” and experience the moments behind flying the most ambitious Starship mission yet
David Meschisen retweeted
More than a dozen flight tests and years of development, with countless hours worked by SpaceX engineers and technicians, all come down to this: the first orbital Starship launch carrying advanced Starlink satellites bound for space.
Watch “Go For Orbit” and experience the moments behind flying the most ambitious Starship mission yet
David Meschisen retweeted
Hiring avionics systems engineers for my team in SpaceX Special Programs, Hawthorne 🇺🇸
Brand-new vehicles, moving fast. Define the architecture while the design is still taking shape, then own it through test and launch on console.
No aerospace experience required. 4 roles 👇
If you are still looking for an FSD referral code, I gotchu: tesla.com/get-app/referral?c…
David Meschisen retweeted
Robert and I are thrilled that our gift of over 2 million shares of SpaceX stock will be distributed to children’s Trump accounts in December!
Our initial gift (shares transferring to escrow as we speak) will go to 11 to 17-year-olds who live in zip codes with median family income (MFI) of $57,000 or less, and to those who live in zip codes with too few residents for an MFI to be reported in the census. These families should receive a notice by Monday.
In a few weeks, an additional gift will be finalized for eligible 11 to 17-year-old children in military families serving overseas, children in foster care, and more children whose MFI is $90,000 or less living in counties near our home in the great state of Texas.
Thank you to the incredible team @SpaceX, @Treasury, @IRS, @DellFdn, @GreaterHorizons, @InvestAmerica24, and the legal firms of Morgan Lewis and Gibson Dunn for working over the past few months to make this happen.
We are deeply grateful for the groundbreaking work that Brad Gerstner @altcap and @MichaelDell have done for the long-term financial security for millions of kids.
God Bless America!
David Meschisen retweeted
$SPCX just reported its highly anticipated third quarter results after the bell, showing a stunning 161% increase in third-quarter revenue growth year-over-year.
Read more: yhoo.it/4jy9FNH
David Meschisen retweeted
If a few teams at Tesla and SpaceX can make a flying car...
Imagine what's possible when you combine the resources, talent, and engineering might of both companies behind one shared goal.
(Don't bet against Terafab)
David Meschisen retweeted
Configurations
– Performance: road ready, seats 2
Active aerodynamics & multi-mode suction system for next-level performance on & off the track
– Thrust: race ready, seats 2
Multi-mode suction system paired w/ rear-mounted cold-gas thrusters that enable 0–60 in <1 second
– Rocket: air ready, seats 1
Multi-mode suction system plus perimeter-mounted cold-gas thrusters supporting forward & upward acceleration plus lateral rotational movement. So...yes, it can fly
Range >300 miles
Top speed up to >230mph (Rocket)
0-60
Performance (<1.6)
Thrust (<0.9)
Rocket (<0.59)
Reserve now –
Tesla.com/Roadster
David Meschisen retweeted
Full fleet. Full speed. Full connection. ✈️
We're bringing Starlink to our entire mainline fleet, and will be one of the world's largest Starlink-connected airlines. With more than 1,000 aircraft planned for installation beginning in 2027, we're taking connectivity to new heights. 📶
Learn more: bit.ly/aa-starlink
David Meschisen retweeted
Not only was yesterday busy for SpaceX, but this whole week has been, too! SpaceX was able to launch all of its active vehicles in the past seven days and even give Starship its first operational flight!
This all added up to 180 payloads deployed, four humans taken to orbit, five boosters landing, and two stages successfully splashing down.
Now imagine what may occur in the future with Starship’s planned operational rate. It’s only going to get busier from here!
Congrats, SpaceX!
SpaceX successfully launched three Falcons in just over 12 hours, sending a total of four humans and 131 payloads into orbit! Four boosters also landed in their respective landing zones, and not a single drone ship was used!
The day kicked off with SpaceX successfully pushing past the morning weather in Florida to launch Crew-13 to the ISS. The team in California then launched 130 payloads for the Transporter 18 mission. To wrap up the day, SpaceX launched an NROL mission on a Falcon Heavy for the first time and potentially used Landing Zone One for the last time.
Great job by the SpaceX team today!
