Background info

On May 2, 2017, Tom Mueller, propulsion CTO at SpaceX, conducted a speech/interview with some members of the New York University Astronomy Society. This was streamed live on Twitch; I’ve transcribed it with the help of u/dansemacabred2, u/jclishman, and u/Zucal. Many thanks!

Check out the interview on twitch.tv, and the post in the SpaceX subreddit.

For some background, I’m currently creating all of my illustrations from a 2012 laptop (Lenovo T430, if you’re curious,) and it’s… not the ideal 3D graphics computer, to say the least. I’d love to upgrade, but it’s only necessary for 3D work; and I was (understandably) wary to spend money on a new computer without any way to recover the costs.

So I’ve made a Patreon page. Apparently, people actually like my work enough to send me some money for it; until now, the only way was via RedBubble (where I get 30% of the total item cost), or direct donations. Hopefully, there will be more incentive for people to pledge to me on Patreon, thanks to the rewards.

So, this is my new website. It’s taken a while to get it online; I’ve wanted to place my disparate, one-off websites under one (good-looking) roof for years, and it’s finally coming together.