I Dropped Out of College to Work at SpaceX

Astranis *Production Quality Specialist* went from college dropout to *Lead Propulsion Tech at Elon Musk's SpaceX in just 7 years* — focusing on the Merlin engine & the prototype Raptor engine Gabe Zepeda — started his career as a *Propulsion Tech Trainee* then worked his way up to become the first *Manufacturing Specialist in SpaceX history* At *Astranis* — Gabe optimizes and refines our satellite production processes as we scale production into Block 3. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Early SpaceX 01:50 - SpaceX Interview 03:36 - The Cape and NASA 04:27 - Manufacturing in the USA 05:20 - Astranis: The Future Check out our manufacturing page:    / @astranismanufacturing   Connect with us on: Instagram   / astranis_space   LinkedIn   / astranis   X https://x.com/Astranis Facebook - astranis.com/socials/Facebook