I got snatched by a spaceship in low earth orbit when I made a short hop that was not intended to get me into orbit. Part of that spaceship later crashed but I got out and into another one passing by via a line from a crewmate. I later switched to higher orbit spaceships on my own based on lots of spare fuel I had. I think I could have made better use of my fuel but for me, the sky looked pretty chaotic. I think I give my kids better advice than I had (which is basically none). A lot of that advice is to practice hops early to not worry too much about the perfect start as the rocket technology and the spaceships seem to change fast. Think about it: My current job didn’t even exist when I was their age. I adapt a lot of Paul Graham’s advice too.
I got snatched by a spaceship in low earth orbit when I made a short hop that was not intended to get me into orbit. Part of that spaceship later crashed but I got out and into another one passing by via a line from a crewmate. I later switched to higher orbit spaceships on my own based on lots of spare fuel I had. I think I could have made better use of my fuel but for me, the sky looked pretty chaotic. I think I give my kids better advice than I had (which is basically none). A lot of that advice is to practice hops early to not worry too much about the perfect start as the rocket technology and the spaceships seem to change fast. Think about it: My current job didn’t even exist when I was their age. I adapt a lot of Paul Graham’s advice too.