Tyler, cosmictylxr

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cosmictylxr

Space content creator ✦ Aspiring Propulsion Engineer ✦ Sci-fi Nerd ✦ Founder ✦ Journalist ✦ Optimistic Pessimist

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About

Who I am

Hello! My name is Tyler and since 2022 I have been making space related content online under the username cosmictylxr.

I'm currently in pursuit of an aerospace engineering degree and, in the meantime, I've been working on various passion projects.

I currently run Proxima Report, a STEM & space news platform & Astera Interactive, a software & game studio,

Some Tidbits About Me

Favorite Book: Dune
Favorite Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Favorite Artists: Daft Punk, The Rah Band, Men I Trust
Favorite Games: Apex Legends, Titanfall 2, KSP, Astroneer

My Other Interests

Sci-Fi
Chess
Motorsport (F1 & WEC)
Soccer
History (articularly naval history)
Mountaineering
Public Transit
Green / Renewable Energy (Nuclear is my fav)

Ventures

Founder of

Eridani Corp

Parent company and holding entity for Proxima Report, Astera Interactive, and future ventures.

Est. 2026

Astera Interactive

Independent software & game studio building interactive experiences at the intersection of space and play.

Est. 2025

Proxima Report

Aerospace & STEM news, stories, and analysis. Documenting humanity's leap towards the stars.

Est. 2023

Projects

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Project Metis setup
Hardware Complete

Project Metis

My first PC build! A lot of blood, sweat, and tears from looking at my bank account after the fact.

Read more

Image coming soon
Rocketry In Progress

Project Epsilon

Developing a handful of model rockets in order to get my L1 cert and get hands on engineering experiences.

Coming soon

Project Metis — desk setup
Hardware Complete

Project Metis

Hardware · First self-build · 2025

I named this build Project Metis after the Titaness of deep thought, wisdom, and cunning in Greek mythology. Metis was known not for brute strength but for intellect and careful strategy. And lets be honest, the name is just cool.

Since 2021 I have been using a pre-built PC I got for my 16th birthday. While it had served me well and was by no means out of date, I wanted to upgrade.

Despite RAMageddon I was dreaming about the next PC I would build. Luckily I bought my pc a few weeks before prices surged even higher for SSDs and GPUs. Here are my specs:

Spec List

cosmictylxr — build 01 // hardware manifest
ComponentSpec
GPUMSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
CPUIntel Core i7-14700K
RAM64 GB DDR5
MotherboardMSI Z790 Tomahawk
Storage2 TB SSD (Samsung) · 512 GB SSD (OS) · 2 TB HDD

Building the PC was pretty fun and helped me expand on my problem solving skills. For starters, I realized going forward I should be better prepared. I (rather stupidly) didn't check to make sure my fans (Lian Li) were compatible. I also vaslty overestimated my abilites to put the whole PC together, as it took me multiple hours across multiple days.

Despite my little lapses in forward thinking, and overconfidence in my speed, the build went terrible.

It was great to build something, power it on, and then fumble through BIOS for four hours, to only realize my GPU wasn't fully seated.

Honestly, despite all the tribulations and annoyances I faced while building a PC, it has only made me want to become an engineer even more.

The dopamine of playing games or working on projects on a machine I built is unmatched! And since I have finished the project, I have been itching to build another.