Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU)

Avionics, flight software, and GNC are hitting key development milestones. 🖥️ ☑️ Completed multiple iterations of advanced flight simulations from liftoff to landing to orbit ☑️ Developed algorithms for engine control, mid-flight guidance, day-of-launch trajectory design, and navigation ☑️ Reached orbit with vehicle software in a hardware out of the loop (HOOTL) test with flight-like GNC algorithms ☑️ Working towards vehicle hardware in the loop (HITL) build

Long time followers here know that I don’t do politics, and there’s no political content on this account. I vote; and that’s it. The world does not need another social media nitwit telling people how to think and vote.  This post is not about politics, but about support for my friends that work for the National Weather Service, part of NOAA, a federal agency. NWS meteorologists work long, hard hours serving the people of this country, not only during times of severe weather, but on the routine days as well. Their surface and upper air observation networks along with computer models, radars, and satellites are critical for all meteorologists, including those of us in the private sector.  Most NWS field offices are currently understaffed right now. I can only imagine morale is not especially high.  Many high-level politicians follow this page, both Democrats and Republicans. I would encourage them and all of you to support my colleagues at the National Weather Service during this time. Their service is absolutely invaluable.  If NWS products and services are reduced, we all suffer…especially during times of life-threatening weather.