SpaceX Internship Opportunity

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by Jorge Ayala

It is such a shame that I am not allowed to apply because I am Mexican. However, thank you for your post, sir. I will apply later (if there is some way for foreigners to apply on the future), because I have long admired Elon Musk and his amazing vision for technology, SpaceX and Tesla Motors are two innovative companies. I guess Mr. Musk somehow reminds me of Tony Stark. Anyway, thank you again.

Hi Jorge,

Unfortunately I don't get to make up the rules. We have many engineers at SpaceX that weren't born in the US, but I'm pretty sure they had to have at least a permanent resident visa to get a job here. I don't know if this is something you'd be willing to do, but at least it is a possibility.

With regard to Tony Stark, I'm not sure it's widely known, but the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne was used for the interior shots of Hammer Industries from Iron Man 2. The filming crew spent about a week here filming in secret. If you look hard, you'll see a few SpaceX logos that made their way into the film. During the filming, we also found out that it's hard to build rockets with a film crew always telling you to be quiet :-)

-Kevin