Silence may be golden, but it’s terrible customer service.

Somebody owed us money for a project we performed in October and November 2025. They needed x-rays – instantaneous, naturally – to validate a project for a large, anonymous commercial spaceflight company with a fondness for overwrought usage of the letter X. Something about qualifying a Cu-Ag braze alloy sandwiched between an alumina inner cylinder and a Kovar outer cylinder. Danger lurks within. Our job: find it.

Time in the industry does not slow you down; it sharpens your ability to spot what actually matters.

What’s your exit strategy?

Why are you still doing this? How long do you intend to keep doing this?

What are you doing here?

Thoughts?