Sep 29, 2025
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world"
- Louis Pasteur, 1876
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"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world"
- Louis Pasteur, 1876
Quotes from Aerospace Class
a collection of quotes from 8 semesters of aerospace engineering lectures
Spaceflight
“We have 20 chemical components in our rocket fuel. It’s like making a cake!” - Prof. for Rocket Propulsion
“So far everyone is calling it Project Gateway. For PR reasons it is illegal to call it little ISS” - Prof. for Human Spaceflight
“Why breathe?” - Prof. for Aerospace Medicine
“They also built Canadarm2 a little car - because why not?” - Prof. for Human Spaceflight
“And then they tell you: Boy! You are loosing bone mass!” - Prof. for Human Spaceflight
“It’s hard to be a combustion chamber” - Prof. for Rocket Propulsion
about model rocketry: “Never forget: Small boys have small toys and big boys have big toys to play with” - Prof. for Rocket Propulsion
“That’s the Combustion Chamber. You could easily hide in there!” - Prof. for Rocket Propulsion
question in class: "So what happens when there is an impending collision event between two satellites in orbit? Do the operators talk to each other or is it more like a high stakes games of chicken?"
Aviation:
"Now. How to make a small fortune? Easy. You first make a large fortune and then you buy an aircraft." - Prof. for Flight Operations
"An Animometer! It's quite obvious what that does!" - Prof. for Flight Operations "So I had to tell them: Sorry, I am a flight instructor. I would like to help but I don't have time to be your maintenance work slave." - Prof. for Flight Operations
Professor, shows video of an exploding aircraft: “The Pilots ejected safely, but the aircraft was not reusable” - Prof. for Structures and Elements
“Flying while unconscious is a bad idea in the long run” - Prof. for Aerospace Medicine
“I don’t remember what the light signals at airports mean... green is good red is bad and if they are shooting at you you flew into a military air zone” - Prof. for Flight Operations
Science & Theory
You don't care if I named this fluid particle Oscar or Barbara" - Prof. for Fluid Mechanics
"Computers are just annoying bullshit if you're trying to do computer science" - Prof. for Computer Science
Student: asks a question about an electric circuit Professor for Electrical Engineering: "There is no rule. It's just magic"
In an incredibly strong German accent: “I have to tell you a secret. When I was at uni - what like 52 years ago... is that right??? Nobody was using Tensors! And you see... I’m still alive! Tensors are not necessary for a happy life.” - Prof. for Mechanics
Prof. for Mechanics, explaining some formula: “What was that one guy called??” Someone: “Pythagoras?” Prof, delighted: YES!
“Electromagnetically speaking we live in a invisible world” - Prof. for Experimental Physics
"Math ASMR?" whispers “K-Vectorspace!” - Prof. for Linear Algebra
Bonus:
when asked about progress on his research: „There are also Business Guys… and they are really ugly! … YEAH! They don’t open their wallet! But I want [fancy carbon fiber material] for my project.“ - Prof. for Material Science
"They set in motion God and the World to support their cause. And by God I mean money and by World I also mean money" - Prof. for Geospatial Data
“Always google with open eyes” - Prof. for Computer Science
in strong Italian accent: “Guys... Why do you always need motivation? ... Are you depressed?” - Prof. for Basic Mathematics
Corporations apologize by writing big fat checks.
Overheard things in my AP Lit class
- “what’s an adjective again?”
- “wait is a verb the describing word”
- “nouns are,,, actions, right?”
- “grammar is shit dudes” “no it’s grammar is shit COMMA dudes” “fuck off”
- “wait Frankenstein isNT THE MONSTER?!”
- “hold up a girl wrote Frankenstein??? Damnnnn u go gurl”
- “I swear to god if you say bad shit about frankenstien’s monster again I’ll slice and dice you”
- “can doctor Frankenstein resurrect my grade”
I guess most people in class didn’t realize that the alternate title for ‘Frankenstein’ was ‘The Modern Prometheus’ so of course we read the story of Prometheus and Zeus and,,,
- “Ugh Zeus shut ur mouth u only think with ur dick”
- “dude Zeus is right tho I mean honestly why would you give them fire if they’re gonna stop worshipping u??? Lame deal honestly. U get nothin out of it”
(More to be added at a later date)
[Typhon] desired to have Zeus' rule, and none of the gods could stand up to him as he attacked. They all fled to Egypt out of fear, and only Athena and Zeus stayed behind. Typhon followed the gods' tracks. They escaped through foresight by changing their appearances into animals. Apollo became a hawk; Hermes an ibis; Ares the lepidotus fish; Artemis a cat; Dionysos changed into a goat; Heracles into a fawn; Hephaistos a bull; and Leto a field mouse. Each of the other gods changed his appearance as he could."
Antoninus Liberalis, Typhon from the Collection of Metamorphoses (translated by Stephen M. Trzaskoma et al.)
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE ANTONINUS!
A comprehensive list of all the strange nonsense I heard during my observation practicum as the shadow-student, this is only a few of MANY:
Student H: Hoes mad. Hoes as in Mister C. Mister C is mad at me.
Student I: Maybe it’s because you’re calling him a hoe.
Student H: Surely not. <long pause> but maybe not calling him a hoe would help.
Student L: Okay, It’s [assignment] due when?
Mr C: Next week. Monday.
Student L, head in hands: Next week Monday is basically just this week Friday.
Mr C: Your understanding of time astounds me.
Student L: [Discussing Remembrance Day] Wait, is it ‘never forget’ or ‘lest we forget’?
Student H.D: Lest we forget, the ‘never forget’ is the American one for the towers.
Student L: Why are we trying to remember so much stuff? We need to start forgetting things
Student H.D: You can’t say that
Student L: then start forgetting I said it
Student M: you can’t one, two, Buckle your shoe out of this one (????? What)
Teacher A: Anger is just one way the mind releases its fear. Other ways include screaming and being fearful
Mister C: [talking to his class post-receiving back quiz marks] Sometimes you guys really make my day. You give me so much to work for, and fight for. You all make it worth it. This is absolutely not one of those times. [the average grade was 43%]
Some quotes from my photography class
Bold = Me
Blue = B
Red = A
Yellow = L
others pending
As my teacher always says, “ Don’t do anything you’d be too embarrassed to tell the EMTs you were doing.”