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From the UK too. Seeing those docs gave me a total whiplash! I remember the amount of paperwork we had to do for these kind of projects. Funny how nothing has changed.

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It's good practice for working on ESA projects in a professional context ;)

Edit: harsh marking on the risk register. Very realistic practice for dealing with ESA in a professional context! I do like the flowcharts and block diagrams

Yeah, that would be cool. Also, are you an actual aerospace engineer? That's awesome!

I'm not an actual engineer, but I do write actual UK Space Agency and ESA bids for a living. UK Space Agency would be kinder on the marking :)

I get you were just showing support, but as the guy who co-wrote the document, could I drop you an email about work experience?

Sure, feel free to send an email to the email in my profile

Haha, that was my thought when looking through it as well!

Not that NASA is any better. I spend a huge amount of time dealing with pedantic RIDs instead of actually implementing the things I am paid to do...

I'm curious, do you work at NASA?

No, I work at another aerospace company (not in the US). But for some projects I have to work with both ESA and NASA.

Woah! We are fortunate to be able to interact with such interesting people. I don't suppose it would be a little cheeky if I asked if you knew anybody I could ask for work experience.

Yeah. I can't tell you how much time we spent typing in the library. We spent so much time on risk assesment, that we nearly forgot to write about electronics.

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