[Balgair]

There are a lot of grad students out there that would love to talk to you and need the help badly.

If you really would like to write space-bound code, I would suggest reaching out to the grad students directly. Nearly all space science programs have dozens of students currently working on instruments or platforms that will be going into space in the next few years.

To get you started, here's the faculty page for ASU: https://sese.asu.edu/people/faculty You can chose any other university any where on the planet too.

Look through some of the labs there. Find a project you may like to work with. Contact the grad students on the PI's homepage directly. You do not need to talk to the professor beforehand. I'll repeat, there is no level of politeness that says you need to talk to the professor beforehand; talking to the grad students directly is perfectly acceptable. See if the grad student needs a hand and what with.

I will warn you, they are scientists that begrudgingly code, they are not coders. Their code is downright cringe in it's simplicity. That's because they are scientists first. Do not try to introduce complex concepts like git to them.

I would really really encourage you to reach out and lend a hand, they need it.

[exdsq]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out!