8 minute read - In this KMI Column, Sam Cassidy, KMI Mechatronics Engineer, ponders the principles of thermodynamics in space as it related to KMI’s Laelaps spacecraft, and also mac and cheese.
3 minute read - What's in a name? More than you might think. KMI's first spacecraft needed a title that not only symbolized its mission but also paid homage to the myths of old. After much debate, we landed on "Laelaps"—a name rooted in Greek legend. But what does a mythic hound, destined to catch everything it chases, have to do with space?