How many LabVIEW panels are in this picture?

[Ben]

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@AnalogKid2DigitalMan wrote:

Go SpaceX, go!

And they are still hiring:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Job-Openings/SpaceX-seeking-full-time-LabVIEW-programmer-to-join-Tex...

-AK2DM

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I belive we can account for that opening when we hired away one of their developers.

The space frontier like the old west is is where you will find guns wire-worker for hire.

Ben

[Garvacious]

It is indeed a LabVIEW-based Mission Control system (and pad control system).   SpaceX has an extensive, and experienced, team of LV developers.  I know because I used to be one of them (family priorities and such took me away from Southern CA).  SpaceX is a company to watch with regards to what LV can do- there is a real open-mindedness there to adopt new ways of thinking.  We may see LabVIEW running on board the Dragon one of these days.   Today I'm feeling really proud of the guys there and what they've accomplished, as well as my legacy in it.

[Ben]

Thank you Garvacious!

It is much more interesting hearing from the inside rather than just looking in.

Ben

[Hornless.Rhino]

Just so long as they make sure to check for space race conditions 🙂

[JÞB]

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@Hornless.Rhino wrote:

Just so long as they make sure to check for space race conditions 🙂

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Oh HECK NO-  who will get to the moon next?  A national space admininistration or a corporate entity-  This I gotta see!  Exciting times.

[smercurio_fc]

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@Jeff Bohrer wrote:

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@Hornless.Rhino wrote:

Just so long as they make sure to check for space race conditions 🙂

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Oh HECK NO-  who will get to the moon next?  A national space admininistration or a corporate entity-  This I gotta see!  Exciting times.

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Yes, exciting times. Guess all those sci-fi flicks with the dystopic views of the future where corporations rule everywhere, including space, isn't that far-fetched now, is it? Next up: an advertising banner on the moon that you really can see from earth.

[Hornless.Rhino]

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@smercurio_fc wrote:

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@Jeff Bohrer wrote:

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@Hornless.Rhino wrote:

Just so long as they make sure to check for space race conditions 🙂

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Oh HECK NO-  who will get to the moon next?  A national space admininistration or a corporate entity-  This I gotta see!  Exciting times.

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Yes, exciting times. Guess all those sci-fi flicks with the dystopic views of the future where corporations rule everywhere, including space, isn't that far-fetched now, is it? Next up: an advertising banner on the moon that you really can see from earth.

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The moon? Perhaps you mean the GoDaddy Orbiting Lighting Unit?

[GregFreeman]

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@tst wrote:

And it looks like they're hiring - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Job-Openings/SpaceX-Los-Angeles-CA/td-p/1269944/

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I have three friends that currently work for them. It seems they love the gig, but I'd also love living in so-cal and being part of something ground breaking (no pun )

[Hornless.Rhino]

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@for(imstuck) wrote:

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@tst wrote:

And it looks like they're hiring - http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Job-Openings/SpaceX-Los-Angeles-CA/td-p/1269944/

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I have three friends that currently work for them. It seems they love the gig, but I'd also love living in so-cal and being part of something ground breaking (no pun )

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It would be out of this world to work there. Would be so uplifting to be part of the monumental (oh yeah nice word) moment.

[Ben]

A short Sea Story then a question.

WHen i was in New-Hire school for DEC (Digital Equipment Corp) I learned to to "chip" (verb meaning being able to troubleshoot down to the failing chip and replace same) a PDP 11/70.

The instructor regualrly drank his lunch just prior to going down to the lab (a multi acre lab) to play with the hardware. So he was very talkative and the conversation drited to "What do you tell non-techies what you do for a living?" He said he gave up trying to explain he taught people to fix computers since few people back then had a good idea what a computer was let alone teaching people to program and fix them.

So my question to Y'all;

The Dragon and CERN (NI had an add in Physics Today that toughted the LV content of CERN) are two exampls of technolgy that leveraged from the power of the LV developers.

How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?

Curious,

Ben