Despite pursuing an MSc. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, I opted to delve into astrodynamics and orbital mechanics for my final project. Fortunately, two professors approached me with a fascinating topic involving targeting interstellar interlopers. Here’s the gist of my project:

Interstellar Interceptors. Mission design for rendezvous with objects in hyperbolic orbits.

It has been a nightmare to working and stuying at the same time. I’ve missed out on so much: Christmas, birthdays, weekends, you name it! Lacking time to properly rest and recover during the weekend was very stressful.

Anyway, I’m finally done with academia (again). Unless there’s a chance to teach and make some cash, I’m not looking back. Pursuing a PhD. just doesn’t make any sense for me.

Honestly, I can’t wait to do some recreational programming. My plan for the next months is to educate myself in genetic algorithms and apply those for spacecraft trajectory optimization.

No only this. It’s been now 8 years coding in Python… Don’t get me wrong! Python is a joy. I just want to have the same fun with C and C++.