Motorsports background assists Deer Isle native become a rocket scientist

What does it just take to be a rocket scientist and how does a motorsports history help, if at all? From time to time it seems that gearhead forms I fulfill pop up in a selection of other roles. Probably it reflects the smalltown environment in New England.

Luke Saindon of Wiscasset is a actual rocket scientist. I to start with achieved him and Heman Norris when they had been pupils at the College of Maine at Orono in November 2010. They had just started the UMaine Formulation SAE team that styles higher-carrying out racecars.

Caribou Tech Heart coworker Keith Dumond and I had been on a mission to see if our students might get a modest job in setting up the UMaine Method SAE automobile. They finally created the suspension mounting tabs, suspension mounting rails, interior a-arm inserts and gas tank.