Category Archives: Graduate school

First spacecraft from my graduate lab launched!

Posted on 30 September 2013 by Joseph Shoer

Just a quick note to share some exciting news: the first spacecraft to come out of my graduate research lab – Cornell University’s Space Systems Design Studio – launched with the SpaceX Falcon 1.1 debut yesterday. SpaceX says that the … Continue reading →

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Spacecraft Research is at it again

Posted on 10 May 2013 by Joseph Shoer

It’s been a little while since I checked in with the goings-on back at my Cornell research lab. Totally unsurprisingly, some very cool things are happening there! One is that the Sprite and KickSat project has gone all the way … Continue reading →

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Original Fiction: “Conference” (final draft)

Posted on 20 January 2013 by Joseph Shoer

I had been trying to sell this story for a while now, but was not successful. There’s a bit of a catch-22 to selling a short story for the first time: without any feedback from editors and readers, there is … Continue reading →

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Support

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Joseph Shoer

I am a member of the “millennial” generation. You know, the stereotypical hipster kids who like some band you’ve probably never heard of and are living with their parents, unemployed. Except…that’s not me. I graduated from college and immediately went to … Continue reading →

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Kick Yourself into Orbit!

Posted on 26 October 2011 by Joseph Shoer

Ah, I’ve only been out a few months, but I already miss some things about being in grad school! For instance, I miss all the crazy brainstorming of new and wild space systems, missions, and technologies. No doubt you, dear … Continue reading →

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It’s How You Use It

Posted on 24 June 2011 by Joseph Shoer

A couple years ago, I was at a house party in Ithaca where I met a first-year grad student who asked me what I was studying. “Aerospace engineering,” I said. “Cool,” he replied. “Just don’t ever work for Lockheed Martin.” … Continue reading →

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The Television Episode Experience

Posted on 15 June 2011 by Joseph Shoer

I finally got a chance to watch the episode of the National Geographic Channel’s “Known Universe” that filmed partly in my Cornell research lab. The episode is about how we currently build stuff in space, and how we might build … Continue reading →

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