Somehow, at some time, I enrolled in CICADA's online course "Space Foundations for Elevate 2025". This is introductory start up training for budding space entrepreneurs. The course has 10 modules with a study time of four and a half hours. There are 3 minute videos some readings and quizzes. This is all designed for the student to do alone in their own time, it is complemented by face to face workshops (the first of which as yesterday and I missed).
Some of the introductory slides juddered on my screen. All I could do is hit "start" and move on. The videos are the usual talking heads with some slides and quizzes. Unfortunately some of the videos don't have closed captions or transcripts, so if you can't hear, you are out of luck.
There appear to be a generic set of innovation videos, supplemented by ones specifically on the space industry. This can be a little jarring. The entrepreneurial ethos of quick to market and failing fast doesn't necessarily fit with space engineering, where development can take decades and failure can be fatal.
I managed to get half way through the course. At that point I noticed I had only completed 90% of the first module. There were a few multiple choice quiz questions. I went back and attempted them several times, but could not get past 90%, so at that point gave up.
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