Projects and work
Aerospace concepts, engineering builds, software experiments, astronomy, teaching, and the lessons behind them.
Southern Orbital Systems
Aerospace projects and mission concepts from Southern Orbital Systems.
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Strato Lab One
A high-altitude balloon mission that carried experiments to roughly 96,000 feet.
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AstroAlexander
Short-form videos about space, astronomy, and ambitious engineering ideas.
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IZIHAMBO-1
A Phase A concept for a 12U deep-space CubeSat mission to the Moon, Mars, and an asteroid.
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Teaching
Lessons from teaching space and designing presentations that hold an audience’s attention.
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Rocketry
Model rockets, custom launch controls, dry-lake launches, and a cold-gas thruster attempt.
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Streamline Menus
Lessons from co-founding a digital restaurant-menu startup and finding early customers.
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Mars Chamber
A vacuum-chamber experiment built to simulate aspects of the Martian atmosphere and soil.
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DIY Cubesat
An off-the-shelf CubeSat prototype with magnetorquer tests that informed a balloon payload.
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Jovalink
Freight and logistics software focused on connecting shippers and carriers.
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Bad Investment Coin
A satirical ERC-20 experiment that briefly reached a $1.61 million market cap.
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Don't Stop Oil
A parody merchandise project and a personal reflection on energy policy.
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Model United Nations
Stories from four years of Model United Nations and memorable conference characters.
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Astronomy
Amateur astronomy and an astrophotography gallery of planets, nebulae, and galaxies.
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MoonCents Coffee
The weekend coffee stand built by two espresso-obsessed 11-year-olds.
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Chris Hadfield
How astronaut Chris Hadfield inspired a childhood interest in space—and the day we met.
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TrojanTV
Restarting a student news outlet, recruiting a team, and producing through the pandemic.
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More concepts
Explore a concept for crewed ultra-long-duration balloon research and payload ridesharing near the edge of space.
Read about crewed ultra-long-duration balloons