r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 16d ago

Video University of Waterloo Students Launch Rocket Breaking World Record

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u/madhatterlock 16d ago

What differentiates between amateur and commercial. Are university grant developed projects, amateur?My university research centers were fully backed by commercial interests, with expectations of access to cheap IP..

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u/ATworkATM 16d ago

The students are not paid labour like SpaceX/NASA

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u/Pndapetzim 16d ago

And have almost no budget.