r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/InsaneMocktail • Sep 08 '26

Video University of Waterloo Students Launch Rocket Breaking World Record

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u/madhatterlock Sep 08 '26

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 Sep 08 '26

The students are not paid labour like SpaceX/NASA

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u/Pndapetzim Sep 09 '26

And have almost no budget.