2014 SpaceX Internship Program

[Kevin Watson]

Hello all, I just wanted to make sure everyone knows about the amazing 2014 SpaceX internship program just for FRC & FTC students:

http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/internships

Applications are due Monday May 5th 2014 at noon PDT. I and others from SpaceX will be at the FIRST Championship this week, so if you have any questions drop by the SpaceX booth, or grab me if you see me around. If you're not attending the Championship event, then leave your question(s) here and I'll try to answer them.

Here's a link to the discussion on Chief Delphi from last year:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=115918

-Kevin

[RoboMom]

I also see there are internship interview slots scheduled for Thurs. & Fri. on-site.

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

I also see there are internship interview slots scheduled for Thurs. & Fri. on-site.

We did a handful of interviews last year, but will only be doing phone interviews this year after all applications are in. -Kevin

[ryaneogilvie]

This is incredible opportunity for an internship and I will definitely be applying. SpaceX has many amazing projects and it'd be a dream to work on any of them. It'll also be great to talk to some SpaceX employees this week at championships. Thanks for reminding us of this opportunity.

[Tim Lehmann4967]

I would LOVE to apply for this, but sadly I am a Sophomore. Hopefully it will still be around in two years!

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by Tim Lehmann4967

I would LOVE to apply for this, but sadly I am a Sophomore. Hopefully it will still be around in two years!

Well, I would certainly assume it will be. You have the luxury of having additional time to get the grades up <grin>.

-Kevin

Psst, let me give you a little hint just between you and me. Okay? In the second section of the application where it says "[t]his section is one of the most important areas." It is very important to take this very seriously because we put more weighting on applicants who have demonstrated that they really enjoy engineering by doing cool outside projects. So, go build and fly a rocket, build and understand how a trebuchet works (having a personal siege weapon is always cool), learn to program the GPU in your computer, or build a low-current Tesla coil. The list is almost endless. This will, of course, also look great on your college application(s).

[Andrew Rudolph]

Bump for an awesome opportunity!

[Bryce2471]

If you're still open to questions...

What is the relationship between deans list winners, and this internship?

Have winners of the award applied in the past?

Has it helped them to get excepted?

Thanks in advance!

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by Bryce2471

If you're still open to questions...

What is the relationship between deans list winners, and this internship?

Have winners of the award applied in the past?

Has it helped them to get excepted?

Thanks in advance!

1) No connection. 2) I don't know. 3) I don't know that any have applied, so I don't know if any have been accepted. I can say that of the candidates I've interviewed, none were Dean's List winners. 4) Not sure I was of any help, but you're welcome. -Kevin

[coolhandluke811]

Hi!

Question: How do you want us to report our test scores?

I mean, I can write them into the app and such, but I would like to know if I need a more formal version. I don't think we can officially send them to you because you aren't a college, but I may be able to take screen shots.

Sorry if it's meant to be a matter of trust, I just don't want to be discounted over a technical error.

Thanks!
Luke

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by coolhandluke811

Hi!

Question: How do you want us to report our test scores?

I mean, I can write them into the app and such, but I would like to know if I need a more formal version. I don't think we can officially send them to you because you aren't a college, but I may be able to take screen shots.

Sorry if it's meant to be a matter of trust, I just don't want to be discounted over a technical error.

Thanks!
Luke

I just texted your question to Meagan, and she says you can:

1) Send a PDF of the letter the College Board sent you.
2) If you have the option, have your high school include the report with your transcript.
3) Screenshot.
4) Include the scores in your bullet list of accomplishments.

-Kevin

[coolhandluke811]

Awesome!

I think I will have to do option 3.

This also brought up a second issue. My school grants us access to a PDF version of our transcript so I was just going to email it. But does option 2 imply that our school has to send an official version? I only found out about this opportunity when I got back from st Louis, and my school is on break this week. The earliest I could put in a request would be Monday with the earliest of it being there the a week from today.

Thoughts?

[stefanp]

Is this available to Canadian students as well?

EDIT:
We don't do any sort of tests to get into university. We only submit our marks and sometimes some additional information about our school/community involvement.

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by ryaneogilvie

SpaceX has many amazing projects...

Ryan,

Three examples of cool things we've done in the past week:

1: We launched another mission to re-supply the International Space Station, and berthed with ISS at 6:09AM PDT Sunday morning. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnf0GArEDsI

2: For the first time in history, the first stage autonomously flew itself back to Earth. For safety reasons, we did this in the middle of the ocean, but we have telemetry that shows that it landed gently in the ocean and stayed vertical for eight seconds before it went horizontal. We're doing stuff that was formally science fiction. Info here: http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/03/3...ulti-planetary

3. Our last grasshopper flight demonstrated that the new F9R (for reusable) landing legs work very well. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjWqQPWmsY

Yes, we have some amazing projects :-)

-Kevin

[DampRobot]

Where and how should we submit letters of recommendation?