This is why I bust my ass in school.

[slugg]

First day is June 1st. Doesn't pay much, but it's certainly a nice resume booster and I'll get some very useful experience. They're covering housing, food, and travel expenses on top of $320 per week (pre-taxes). The program is set up to be friendly with my school's normal class scheduling, so I'll finish about a week before the fall semester starts. SWEET DEAL!

We'll be writing computer vision based AI for the Mars rovers, essentially. I had to sign an NDA, but I'll see what I can do about sharing some screenshots on AnandTech if you guys want 😉

 

[cKGunslinger]

:thumbsup: Grats.

 

[nublikescake]

u da man! :thumbsup:

 

[mallik]

Congrats. I've always thought NASA would be a cool place to work.

What is your field of study?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: slugg
We'll be writing computer vision based AI for the Mars rovers, essentially. I had to sign an NDA, but I'll see what I can do about sharing some screenshots on AnandTech if you guys want 😉

Hope you like FPMITAP

 

[Sea Moose]

my god..... i would be honored to polish your shoes... give them a good impression they might offer you a job

Best of luck and keep us posted as to how you go!



...fark i would be honored just to make those boffins a cup of coffee!

 

[xSauronx]

wow, sweet, congrats!

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Congrats :thumbsup:

 

[LilPima]

Congrats, sounds like an awesome summer gig!

 

[cliftonite]

sounds great

 

[Arcadio]

Sounds like an awesome experience. Reps... Don't forget to post some of the source code on ATOT.... 😉

 

[lizardboy]

You should add the Konami Code to the Mars Rover.

 

[Fenixgoon]

congrats! :thumbsup:

I got a navy sponsored scholarship. it is FTMFW 🙂 hooray government jobs!

 

[TruePaige]

Open source that lil' mars rover. It has staying power!

 

[ViviTheMage]

sounds fun

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: nublikescake
u da man! :thumbsup:

ya ya ya

 

[JJChicken]

OP give it your best, it would be awesome to land a full time job with NASA. It IS rocket science 😛

 

[rise]

cool man, congrats!

 

[Blieb]

sweet!

 

[keird]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
my god..... i would be honored to polish your shoes... give them a good impression they might offer you a job

i thought it would be a good idea to spray paint my school schoes.

Hence i say this with authority: Spray paint does not work on shoes.

My mum was pissed

 

[Scarpozzi]

Congrats! See if you can find out where they filmed the moon landing while you're there.

 

[drum]

great thread :laugh:
Congratulations OP

 

[acheron]

Nice. Is this at JPL? (That's where they do the rover stuff, isn't it?)

I did a project in school where I worked at Johnson Space Center for a couple months -- did some stuff with image processing software to look for cracks in the shuttle while in orbit (to prevent something like the Columbia accident happening again). Unpaid, but I got class credit, and I still get to put "NASA" on my resume. 🙂

 

[Dear Summer]

which university do you go to? (noticed that you live in Tampa)

 

[slugg]

Originally posted by: mallik
Congrats. I've always thought NASA would be a cool place to work.

What is your field of study?

Computer Vision and Image Processing. Computer Science. 🙂

Originally posted by: acheron
Nice. Is this at JPL? (That's where they do the rover stuff, isn't it?)

I did a project in school where I worked at Johnson Space Center for a couple months -- did some stuff with image processing software to look for cracks in the shuttle while in orbit (to prevent something like the Columbia accident happening again). Unpaid, but I got class credit, and I still get to put "NASA" on my resume. 🙂

Yup it's the Jet Propulsion Lab. They're sending resources to my university; I'm not flying over to Cal-Tech.

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
which university do you go to? (noticed that you live in Tampa)

University of South Florida. Go bulls!